Ribavirin for Lassa Fever Postexposure Prophylaxis
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Vito Martella, Alessandro Bianchi, Irene Bertoletti, Luca Pedrotti, Alessandro Gugiatti, Alessia Catella, Paolo Cordioli, Maria S. Lucente, Gabriella Elia, and Canio Buonavoglia Author affi liations: Università di Bari, Bari, Italy (V. Martella, M.S. Lucente, G. Elia, C. Buonavoglia); Istituto Zooprofi lattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Sezione di Sondrio, Italy (A. Bianchi, I. Bertoletti); Consorzio del Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio, Bormio, Sondrio (L. Pedrotti, A. Gugiatti); and Istituto Zooprofi lattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Sezione di Brescia, Italy (A. Catella, P. Cordioli)
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