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Tolerated Infection with the Sub-bacterial Phase of Listeria

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Auto-Immune and malignant disease in man may be the result when tolerance to the mycoplasma phase of Listeria is disturbed.

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PEASE, P. Tolerated Infection with the Sub-bacterial Phase of Listeria. Nature 215, 936–938 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215936a0

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