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Screening for Q fever

A tertiary care hospital-based experience in central Saudi Arabia

Abdulkarim F. Alhetheel, Khalifa Binkhamis, Ali Somily, Mazin Barry and Zahid Shakoor
Saudi Medical Journal December 2018, 39 (12) 1195-1199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.12.23695

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