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tetanospasmin tetanus antitoxin tetanus toxoid Clostridium tetani notifiable disease clostridial infection Bacterial disease cholera leprosy tuberculosis plague syphilis anthrax scarlet fever diphtheria gonorrhea whooping cough

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Émile Roux

Émile Roux

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