Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 291-294 , June 2008

Viral lung infections and the potential for a human pandemic

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PII: S1357-3039(08)00102-3

doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2008.03.009

Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 6 , Pages 291-294 , June 2008