The role of young children in a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A.

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Published in Epidemiol Infect on June 01, 1997

Authors

P F Smith1, J C Grabau, A Werzberger, R A Gunn, H R Rolka, S F Kondracki, R J Gallo, D L Morse

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA.

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