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Chikungunya virus infection, immunosuppression and respiratory tract infections: are they associated?
Affiliations- ESE Hospital San Pedro y San Pablo, La Virginia, Colombia
- Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
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Chikungunya virus infection, immunosuppression and respiratory tract infections: are they associated?
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2018-06-22
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IMH 2018;69(2):149-150.
Authors
Liliana Ríos
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Juan D. Castrillón-Spitia
Valentina Henao-SanMartin
José J. Londoño
Héctor D. Bedoya-Rendón
Javier de Jesús Cárdenas-Pérez
Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina
Guillermo J. Lagos-Grisales
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