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Evaluation of Host-Pathogen Responses and Vaccine Efficacy in Mice
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EV71 vaccine: protection from a previously neglected disease
Nigel W Crawford1, Steve M Graham
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. nigel.crawford@mcri.edu.au
Lancet (London, England)
|June 4, 2013
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