Author's response to reviews Title:Evidence-based decision-making in infectious diseases epidemiology, prevention and control: matching research questions to study designs and quality appraisal tools Authors:
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Thomas Harder ([email protected]) Anja Takla ([email protected]) Eva Rehfuess ([email protected]) Alex Sánchez-Vivar ([email protected]) Dorothea Matysiak-Klose ([email protected]) Tim Eckmanns ([email protected]) Gérard Krause ([email protected]) Helena de Carvalho Gomes ([email protected]) Andreas Jansen ([email protected]) Simon Ellis ([email protected]) Frode Forland ([email protected]) Roberta James ([email protected]) Joerg J Meerpohl ([email protected]) Antony Morgan ([email protected]) Holger Schünemann ([email protected]) Teun Zuiderent-Jerak ([email protected]) Ole Wichmann ([email protected])
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