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Listeria monocytogenes detected in vaginal self-samples of 2 women after spontaneous miscarriage, Senegal, West Africa

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This work benefited from the support by the French State, managed by the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, including the “Programme d’Investissements d’avenir” under the reference Méditerranée Infection 10-IAHU-03. This work was also supported by the région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and European funding from FEDER PRIMI.

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  1. Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France

    Ndeye Safietou Fall, Nafissatou Diagne, Hubert Bassène & Cheikh Sokhna

  2. IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France

    Ndeye Safietou Fall, Mariema Sarr, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-Christophe Lagier & Didier Raoult

  3. Campus Commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal

    Mariema Sarr, Nafissatou Diagne, Hubert Bassène & Cheikh Sokhna

  4. Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France

    Mariema Sarr, Jean-Christophe Lagier & Didier Raoult

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Fall, N.S., Sarr, M., Diagne, N. et al. Listeria monocytogenes detected in vaginal self-samples of 2 women after spontaneous miscarriage, Senegal, West Africa. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 39, 393–394 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03739-0

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