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Editorial
. 2016 May;13(5):584-5.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201602-128ED.

Responding to the Global Threat of High-Consequence Pathogens: Protecting Health Care Workers and Caring for Patients

William A Fischer  1 , David A Wohl  2
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Editorial

Responding to the Global Threat of High-Consequence Pathogens: Protecting Health Care Workers and Caring for Patients

William A Fischer et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 May.
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