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John P. Burke, MD, replies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John P. Burke*
Affiliation:
Infectious Disease, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1983

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