Abstract:
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journal_name
J Med Microbioljournal_title
Journal of medical microbiologyauthors
Singh N,Prasad P,Singh LC,Das B,Rastogi Sdoi
10.1099/jmm.0.000256subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-06-01 00:00:00pages
476-483issue
6eissn
0022-2615issn
1473-5644journal_volume
65pub_type
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