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Gilbert E. Gayler, Robert A. MacCready, Joseph P. Reardon, Bernard F. McKernan, An Outbreak of Salmonellosis Traced to Watermelon, Public Health Reports (1896-1970), Vol. 70, No. 3 (Mar., 1955), pp. 311-313
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