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Brucella abortus Exposure during an Orthopedic Surgical Procedure in New Mexico, 2010

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Megin Nichols ,
Deborah Thompson ,
Joshua T. Carothers ,
Judy Klauber ,
Robyn A. Stoddard ,
Marta A. Guerra ,
Tina J. Benoit  and
Rita M. Traxler
Megin Nichols*
Affiliation:
New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Deborah Thompson
Affiliation:
New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Joshua T. Carothers
Affiliation:
New Mexico Orthopedics, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Judy Klauber
Affiliation:
New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Robyn A. Stoddard
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Atlanta, Georgia
Marta A. Guerra
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Atlanta, Georgia
Tina J. Benoit
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Atlanta, Georgia
Rita M. Traxler
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Atlanta, Georgia
*
New Mexico Department of Health, 1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N-1350, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (megin.nichols@state.nm.us).
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1072 - 1073
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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