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Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Disease

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    Brian J. Balin, Christine J. Hammond & C. Scott Little

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Balin, B.J., Hammond, C.J., Scott Little, C., MacIntyre, A., Appelt, D.M. (2005). Chlamydia pneumoniae in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Friedman, H., Yamamoto, Y., Bendinelli, M. (eds) Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Disease. Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48741-1_15

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