Influenza surveillance with rapid diagnostic tests.

نویسندگان

  • Timothy M Uyeki
  • Keiji Fukuda
  • Nancy J Cox
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 34 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002