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. 2022 Nov;43(11):1758-1759.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.342. Epub 2021 Jul 26.

Disease X: A hidden but inevitable creeping danger

Muhammad Junaid Tahir  1 , Imaduddin Sawal  2 , Mohammad Yasir Essar  3 , Abdul Jabbar  4 , Irfan Ullah  5 , Ali Ahmed  6
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Disease X: A hidden but inevitable creeping danger

Muhammad Junaid Tahir et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov.
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