RSV and HMPV seroprevalence in Tuscany (Italy) and North‐Rhine Westfalia (Germany) in the winter season 2009/2010
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North-Rhine Westfalia (Germany) in the winter season 2009/2010 Maria G. Cusi, Chiara Terrosi, Michael Kleines, Oliver Schildgen Department of Biotechnologies, Microbiology Section, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. Division of Virology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. Institute for Pathology, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Klinikum der Privaten Universität Witten ⁄Herdecke. Correspondence: Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Schildgen, Dipl.-Biologe, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Merheim, Klinikum der Privaten Universität Witten ⁄ Herdecke, Institut für Pathologie, Ostmerheimer Str. 200, D-51109 Köln, Cologne, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]
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دوره 5 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011