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High Burden of Congenital Toxoplasmosis in the United States: The Strain Hypothesis?

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2012)

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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Volume 54, Issue 11, Pages 1606-1607

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis264

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