Syphilis and social upheaval in China.

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Published in N Engl J Med on May 06, 2010

Authors

Joseph D Tucker1, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Rosanna W Peeling

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

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