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Gene Therapy: A New Challenge for Infection Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and the Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*
547 Burnett-Womack, CB #7030, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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