A return to the past: The vital importance of autopsies for infectious disease practice in 2011

Open Infectious Diseases Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-119

  Cainelli, Francesca ^a   Setime, Mpho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Autopsies; HIV infection; Infectious diseases; Influenza virus infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 80455174210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874279301105010118     Document Type: Article

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