Eradicating infectious disease: Can we and should we?

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Russell, Clark Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874077595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2011.00053     Document Type: Article

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