Published in Lancet Infect Dis on November 01, 2004
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The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis globally infects introduced populations of the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Biol Lett (2006) 2.53
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Modelling the impact of antiretroviral use in resource-poor settings. PLoS Med (2006) 2.52
Prevalence of lymphoreticular prion protein accumulation in UK tissue samples. J Pathol (2004) 2.47
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Study of bias in antenatal clinic HIV-1 surveillance data in a high contraceptive prevalence population in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS (2002) 2.36
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