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Molecular basis for cross-reactivity between a strain ofMycobacterium terrae and DNA probes forMycobacterium tuberculosis complex

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    S. Emler, B. Ninet & B. Hirschel

  2. Laboratoire Central de Bactériologie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

    P. Rohner & R. Auckenthaler

  3. Kantonstrasse 12, 3930, Visp, Switzerland

    D. Jäger

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Emler, S., Ninet, B., Rohner, P. et al. Molecular basis for cross-reactivity between a strain ofMycobacterium terrae and DNA probes forMycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 627–629 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01690741

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