Outbreak of West Nile virus infection in humans, Romania, July to October 2010.

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Published in Euro Surveill on January 13, 2011

Authors

A Sirbu1, C S Ceianu, R I Panculescu-Gatej, A Vazquez, A Tenorio, R Rebreanu, M Niedrig, G Nicolescu, A Pistol

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Public Health - National Centre for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases, Bucharest, Romania. anca.sirbu@insp.gov.ro

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