Influenza Virus—Controversy Over Modes of Transmission
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Biosafety professionals have ever-expanding roles at their institutions. In this Beyond Traditional Biosafety column, we focus on topics that may fall outside the scope of the traditional biosafety role, but where the expertise of the biosafety professional may be called upon to provide a valuable contribution to his or her institution. Please e-mail any comments or suggestions to Ted Myatt, tmyatt@mail. uri.com, Co-Editor Barbara Johnson at barbara_johnson@ verizon.net, or Co-Editor Karen B. Byers at karen_byers@ dfci.harvard.edu.
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