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Varicella Seroprevalence Among Turkish Medical Students and the Validity of Disease History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Güler Kanra ,
S. Songül Yalçin ,
Ates Kara ,
Kadriye Yurdakök  and
Tamer Pehlivanli
Güler Kanra
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
S. Songül Yalçin
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Ates Kara
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Kadriye Yurdakök
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Tamer Pehlivanli
Affiliation:
Aventis Pasteur, Istanbul, Turkey
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 11 , November 2003 , pp. 795 - 796
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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