Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes inStaphylococcus aureus
Open Access
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (7) , 1174-1175
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.050865
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