Erratum: Osler and the Infected Letter (Emerging Infectious Diseases 11:5 DOI: 10.3201/eid1105.040616);Osler and the infected letter

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-693

  Ambrose, Charles T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; REVIEW; SMALLPOX VIRUS; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 17844400585     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1106.c21106     Document Type: Erratum

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