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  1. University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA

    S. M. Doshi

  2. Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MEDVAMC), Houston, TX, USA

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  3. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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  4. Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    S. M. Doshi

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Doshi, S.M., Rueda, A.M., Corrales-Medina, V.F. et al. Anemia and community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia. Infection 39, 379–383 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0122-8

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