HHV-6A, 6B, and 7: Persistence in the population, epidemiology and transmission

Human Herpesviruses: Biology, Therapy, and Immunoprophylaxis

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 875-882

  Emery, Vincent C ^a   Clark, Duncan A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545313.050     Document Type: Chapter

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