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P.  Stragier, Ablordey, A., L Bayonne, M., Lugor, Y. L., Sindani, I. S., Suykerbuyk, P., Wabinga, H., Meyers, W. M., and Portaels, F., ?Heterogeneity among Mycobacterium ulcerans isolates from Africa.?, Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 844-7, 2006.

P.  Suykerbuyk, Vleminckx, K., Pasmans, F., Stragier, P., Ablordey, A., Tran, H. Thi, Hermans, K., Fleetwood, M., Meyers, W. M., and Portaels, F., ?Mycobacterium liflandii infection in European colony of Silurana tropicalis.?, Emerg Infect Dis, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 743-6, 2007.

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