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Reply to Harpaz and Yawn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mitesh S. Patel ,
Achamyeleh Gebremariam  and
Matthew M. Davis
Mitesh S. Patel
Affiliation:
University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Achamyeleh Gebremariam
Affiliation:
Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Matthew M. Davis*
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, 300 NIB, 6C23, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5456) mattdav@med.umich.edu)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , May 2009 , pp. 496 - 497
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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