Acute Infectious Diarrhea
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From the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. (N.M.T.); and the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health and the Center for Global Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville (R.L.G.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Guerrant at the Center for Global Health, HSC #801379, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, or at [email protected].
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