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Parasitologic Infestation in Hospital Foodhandlers and Risk to AIDS Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Jacques Germanaud
Affiliation:
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Microbiology, Hospital of Orleans Orleans, France
Didier Poisson
Affiliation:
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Microbiology, Hospital of Orleans Orleans, France
Clement Padonou
Affiliation:
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Microbiology, Hospital of Orleans Orleans, France
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1993

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