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Original Research

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Fallah   F. (1)
Goudarzi   H. (2)
Doustdar   F. (2)
Zahraei   S.M. (3)
Mohammadzadeh   A.R. (*)






(*) Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1) “Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine”, & “Pediatric Infections Research Center”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(2) Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(3) Contagious Diseases Management Center, Ministry of Health, Care & Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

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Address: Microbiology Department, Medical Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Koodakyar Street, Daneshgah Boulevard, Velenjak, Tehran, Iran.
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Article History

Received:  September  19, 2012
Accepted:  March 4, 2013
ePublished:  March 10, 2013

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