History of rotavirus research in children in Malawi: The pursuit of a killer

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 113-115

  Cunliffe, Nigel ^a,c   Witte, Desiree ^b   Ngwira, Bagrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c School of Infection and Host Defence   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350118004     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v21i3.45631     Document Type: Article

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