Revisiting Blood Safety Practices Given Emerging Data about Zika Virus
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safe travel during the period of emerging zika virus infection
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عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejmsb1704752