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*Jürgen H. Helbig1, Junko Amemura-Maekawa2
Serotyping of Legionella pneumophila and epidemiological investigations
1Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Faculty of the Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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otrzymano/received: 2009-02-25
zaakceptowano/accepted: 2009-03-27

Adres/address:
*Jürgen H. Helbig
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden,
Fetscherstr. 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
phone: +49-351-4586577, fax: +49-351-4586310
e-mail: j.Helbig@mailbox.tu-dresden.de

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