Open source clinical science for emerging infections.
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SUBMITTER: Dunning JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7158987 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Open source clinical science for emerging infections.
Dunning Jake W JW Merson Laura L Rohde Gernot G U GGU Gao Zhancheng Z Semple Malcolm G MG Tran Dat D Gordon Anthony A Olliaro Piero L PL Khoo Saye H SH Bruzzone Roberto R Horby Peter P Cobb J Perren JP Longuere Kajsa-Stina KS Kellam Paul P Nichol Alistair A Nichol Alistair A Brett Stephen S Everett Dean D Walsh Timothy S TS Hien Tran-Tinh TT Yu Hongjie H Zambon Maria M Ruiz-Palacios Guillermo G Lang Trudie T Akhvlediani Tamuna T Hayden Frederick G FG Marshall John J Webb Steve S Angus Derek C DC Shindo Nahoko N van der Werf Sylvie S Openshaw Peter J M PJM Farrar Jeremy J Carson Gail G Baillie J Kenneth JK
The Lancet. Infectious diseases 20140101 1
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