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. 2019 Apr 12;68(14):330-331.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6814a4.

Notes from the Field: Hepatitis A Outbreak Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness - West Virginia, 2018

Erica Wilson, Megan G Hofmeister, Shannon McBee, Janet Briscoe, Erica Thomasson, R Henry Olaisen, Ryan Augustine, Eliana Duncan, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Loretta Haddy

Notes from the Field: Hepatitis A Outbreak Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness - West Virginia, 2018

Erica Wilson et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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