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. 2012 Jan;8(1):e1002399.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002399. Epub 2012 Jan 19.

How "humane" is your endpoint? Refining the science-driven approach for termination of animal studies of chronic infection

Nuno H Franco  1 , Margarida Correia-Neves, I Anna S Olsson
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How "humane" is your endpoint? Refining the science-driven approach for termination of animal studies of chronic infection

Nuno H Franco et al. PLoS Pathog. 2012 Jan.
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