Preventing norovirus transmission: how should we handle food handlers?
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Received 23 September 2008; accepted 23 September 2008; electronically published 24 November 2008. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Christine L. Moe, Hubert Dept. of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48:38–4
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 48 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009