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Review Article| Volume 24, ISSUE 1, P7-25, March 2010

Psittacosis

  • Andrew J. Stewardson
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    Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia
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  • M. Lindsay Grayson
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    Corresponding author. Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia.
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    Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia

    Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Commercial Road, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3181, Australia

    Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria 3084, Australia
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