How contagious are common respiratory tract infections? [4]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-

  Hartzell, Joshua D ^a   Oster, Charles N ^a   Gaydos, Joel C ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Defense   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MILITARY SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0038461998     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc031032     Document Type: Letter

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