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Risk of Hepatitis A Among Hospital Personnel in an Intermediate-Endemicity Area

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

José-Ramón de Juanes ,
María-Pilar Arrazola  and
Antonio González
José-Ramón de Juanes
Affiliation:
“12 de Octubre” University Hospital
María-Pilar Arrazola
Affiliation:
“12 de Octubre” University Hospital
Antonio González
Affiliation:
Pasteur Merieux MSD, Madrid, Spain
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1999 , pp. 590 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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