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. 2016 Oct 15;63(8):1142.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw478. Epub 2016 Jul 17.

Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Maria D Van Kerkhove  1 , Malik J S Peiris  2 , Mamunur Rahman Malik  3 , Peter Ben Embarek  4
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Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Maria D Van Kerkhove et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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    Kim SH, Sung M, Min JY. Kim SH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 15;63(8):1143-4. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw480. Epub 2016 Jul 17. Clin Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27432837 No abstract available.

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