Biographical Feature: Rebecca Lancefield, Ph.D.

J Clin Microbiol

Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Published: August 2019

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00728-19DOI Listing

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