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Age-Specific Rates of Serological Immunity in Patients With a Negative History for Varicella Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2016

James Nordin
Affiliation:
Health Partners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Leslie Baken
Affiliation:
Health Partners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Richard Carlson
Affiliation:
Health Partners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Hering
Affiliation:
Health Partners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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