Reply to Kernodle and von Reyn

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
² School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
³ Respiratory Diseases Department, Health Protection Agency Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College Mortimer Market Centre, London.

Comment

Punam Mangtani et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Aug 15;59(4):608-9.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu330. Epub 2014 May 6.

¹ Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
² School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
³ Respiratory Diseases Department, Health Protection Agency Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College Mortimer Market Centre, London.

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