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Trends in Shigella outbreaks in the Israeli military over 15 years

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  1. Israel Defense Force Medical Corps, Army Health Branch, Military Post, 02149, Israel

    M. Huerta, M. J. Schwaber, N. Davidovitch, R. D. Balicer, Y. Zelikovitch & I. Grotto

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    D. Cohen

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Huerta, M., Schwaber, M.J., Davidovitch, N. et al. Trends in Shigella outbreaks in the Israeli military over 15 years. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 24, 71–73 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1252-z

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