Survival of hepatitis A virus on human hands and its transfer on contact with animate and inanimate surfaces.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 1992

Authors

J N Mbithi1, V S Springthorpe, J R Boulet, S A Sattar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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