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. 2008 Oct;6(4):235-7.
doi: 10.2450/2008.0065-08.

West Nile virus in Italy: a further threat to blood safety, a further challenge to the blood system

Giuliano Grazzini  1 , Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno, Simonetta Pupella, Anna Rita Silvestri, Vanda Randi, Nadia Pascarelli, Paolo Zucchelli, Antonino Di Caro, Nadir Spataro, Erika D'Angelo, Vittorio Sambri
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West Nile virus in Italy: a further threat to blood safety, a further challenge to the blood system

Giuliano Grazzini et al. Blood Transfus. 2008 Oct.
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