Mechanistic science

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3517-3519

  Casadevall, Arturo ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^a  

^a Infection and Immunity ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE;

SCIENCE;

EID: 69049112935     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00623-09     Document Type: Editorial

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