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Volume 29, Number 4—April 2023
Research Letter

Harbor Porpoise Deaths Associated with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, the Netherlands, 2021

Lonneke L. IJsseldijk, Lineke Begeman, Birgitta Duim, Andrea Gröne, Marja J.L. Kik, Mirjam D. Klijnstra, Jan Lakemeyer, Mardik F. Leopold, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Mariel ten Doeschate, Linde van Schalkwijk, Aldert Zomer, Linda van der Graaf-van Bloois, and Els M. BroensComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands (L.L. IJsseldijk, B. Duim, A. Gröne, M.J.L. Kik, J. Lakemeyer, M. ten Doeschate, L. van Schalkwijk, A. Zomer, L. van der Graaf-van Bloois, E.M. Broens); Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (L. Begeman, B.B. Oude Munnink); Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands (M.D. Klijnstra); Wageningen Marine Research, Den Helder, the Netherlands (M.F. Leopold)

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Phylogenetic tree of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from stranded harbor porpoises, the Netherlands, 2021, compared with reference genomes described by Forde et al. (5). Branches are square root transformed. Detailed information for each sample is provided in Appendix Table 3.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from stranded harbor porpoises, the Netherlands, 2021, compared with reference genomes described by Forde et al. (5). Branches are square root transformed. Detailed information for each sample is provided in Appendix Table 3.

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