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Influenza Pseudoinfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Burke A. Cunha ,
Paul J. Lee  and
Francisco M. Pherez
Burke A. Cunha*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, New York Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
Paul J. Lee
Affiliation:
Pediatric Infectious Disease Division, New York
Francisco M. Pherez
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease Division, New York
*
Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 11 , November 2009 , pp. 1132 - 1133
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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