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Andrea D Chittle1, Paul Sandstrom2, Joseph Cox2

  • 1Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control (Chittle), Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Chittle), Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; National Microbiology Laboratory Branch (Sandstrom, Tsang), Public Health Agency of Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Sandstrom), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (Cox), School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montréal, Que. andrea.chittle@phac-aspc.gc.ca.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Medicale Canadienne
|May 27, 2024
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