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Semipermeable Dressing Used to Cover Smallpox Vaccination Sites as a Cause of Skin Damage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Elaine Crittenton ,
Alonzo Davis ,
Karen K. Hoffmann ,
William A. Rutala  and
David J. Weber
Elaine Crittenton
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, North Carolina
Alonzo Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Control, Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, North Carolina
Karen K. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
David J. Weber
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , February 2004 , pp. 96
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

References

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