Journal of Infection
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 83-98 , February 2008

Human infections associated with wild birds

  • Sotirios Tsiodras

      Affiliations

    • University of Athens Medical School, 1 Rimini Street, Xaidari, 12462 Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 5831989, +30 6932 665820; fax: +30 210 5326446.
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Theodoros Kelesidis

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • The first two authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Iosif Kelesidis

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Ulf Bauchinger

      Affiliations

    • University of Munich (LMU), Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
    • Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ben-Gurion, Israel
    • ,
  • Matthew E. Falagas

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

,Accepted 1 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.11.001

Journal of Infection
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 83-98 , February 2008

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