Legionnaires’ disease: is it really that rare in Serbia/Da li je legionarska bolest zaista retka u Srbiji?

Dragica P Pesut; Jelena V Vasić

doi:10.2298/8762

Dragica P Pesut University of Belgrade School of Medicine; Teaching Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Jelena V Vasić Teaching Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/8762

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Author Biographies

Dragica P Pesut, University of Belgrade School of Medicine; Teaching Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

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Jelena V Vasić, Teaching Hospital of Pulmonology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

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