On the greatly exaggerated reports of the death of infectious diseases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1113-1114

  Pier, Gerald B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LETTER; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 53349099717     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592123     Document Type: Letter

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