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  • Gill, D. M. (1976). Arrangement of subunits in cholera toxin. Biochemistry, 15, 1242–1248.

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Sagaert, X. (2017). Cholera. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1431

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