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The Epidemiology of Contact Transmission: Beyond Semmelweis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Edward S. Wong
Edward S. Wong*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Division, McGuire Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, and , the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
*
Infectious Disease Section (111-C), VA Medical Center, 1201 Broadrock Blvd, Richmond, VA 23249
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , February 2000 , pp. 77 - 79
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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