Studies on leptospirosis : clinical aspects and pathophysiology - Chapter 9: Innate immune response to pathogenic leptospira is dependent of both TLR2 and TLR4 signaling in human whole blood.

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Studies on leptospirosis : clinical aspects and pathophysiology

Wagenaar, J.F.P.

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2010

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Wagenaar, J. F. P. (2010). Studies on leptospirosis : clinical aspects and pathophysiology.

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