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The pathogenesis and immunology of vibrio cholerae and bordetella pertussis

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Mekalanos, J.J., Peterson, K.M., Finn, T. et al. The pathogenesis and immunology of vibrio cholerae and bordetella pertussis. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 54, 379–387 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00461855

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