The changing epidemiology of hepatitis A in Italy.

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Published in Ital J Gastroenterol on February 15, 1994

Authors

T Stroffolini1, R D'Amelio, P M Matricardi, P Chionne, A Napoli, M Rapicetta, S Crateri, P Pasquini

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratorio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Superiore Sanità, Roma, Italy.

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