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. 2014 Mar;209(6):974.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit666. Epub 2013 Nov 26.

Reply to Itzhaki and Klapper

Nell S Lurain  1 , Barbara A Hanson, Jeffrey Martinson, Sue E Leurgans, Alan L Landay, David A Bennett, Julie A Schneider
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Nell S Lurain et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Mar.
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