Performance of rapid influenza diagnostic tests during two school outbreaks of 2009 pandemic influenza a (H1N1) virus infection - connecticut, 2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 1-

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EID: 70349833103     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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