Surveillance for Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illnesses Due to Possibly Infectious Causes, United States, 1995–1998
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Rana A. Hajjeh,* David Relman,† Paul R. Cieslak,‡ Andre N. Sofair,§ Douglas Passaro,¶ Jennifer Flood,¶ James Johnson,# Jill K. Hacker,¶ Wun-Ju Shieh,* R. Michael Hendry,¶ Simo Nikkari,† Stephen Ladd-Wilson,‡ James Hadler,§ Jean Rainbow,# Jordan W. Tappero,* Christopher W. Woods,* Laura Conn,* Sarah Reagan,* Sherif Zaki,* and Bradley A. Perkins,* for the Unexplained Deaths and Critical Illness Working Group1
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تاریخ انتشار 2002