A human metapneumovirus outbreak at a community
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M A Degail1,2, G J Hughes ([email protected])3, C Maule4, C Holmes4, M Lilley5, R Pebody1, J Bonnet4, A Bermingham1, S Bracebridge3 1. Health Protection Agency, Colindale, United Kingdom 2. European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 3. Health Protection Agency East of England, Cambridge, United Kingdom 4. Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom 5. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Health Protection Unit, Letchworth, United Kingdom
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