Guarding against the most dangerous emerging pathogens.

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Published in Emerg Infect Dis on February 04, 1997

Authors

P W Ewald1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002-5000, USA. pwewald@amherst.edu

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