Murine typhus: the first reported case from Victoria

Stephanie L Jones,* Eugene Athan,† Daniel O’Brien,† Stephen R Graves,‡ Chelsea Nguyen,§ John Stenos¶

Correspondence: Stephljones@yahoo.com

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