The perpetual challenge of infectious diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-

  Cowie, Benjamin C ^a   Dore, Gregory J ^b  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; VACCINES;

EID: 84863513438     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1201391     Document Type: Letter

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