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Johnson, R.H., Baqi, S. (2008). Coccidioidomycosis. In: Hospenthal, D.R., Rinaldi, M.G. (eds) Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-325-7_16

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