Vol 69, No 2 (2018)
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Chikungunya virus infection, immunosuppression and respiratory tract infections: are they associated?

Liliana Ríos1, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales2, Juan D. Castrillón-Spitia1, Valentina Henao-SanMartin2, José J. Londoño1, Héctor D. Bedoya-Rendón1, Javier de Jesús Cárdenas-Pérez1, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina2, Guillermo J. Lagos-Grisales2
Pubmed: 29939393
IMH 2018;69(2):149-150.

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