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Editorial
. 2011 Mar;17(3):321-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03444.x.

Of mice and men: defining, categorizing and understanding the significance of zoonotic infections

G Pappas
Editorial

Of mice and men: defining, categorizing and understanding the significance of zoonotic infections

G Pappas. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 Mar.
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Certain zoonotic outbreaks of the last decade. BSE, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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