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Short Communication

Identification of herpes simplex virus type 1 proteins encoded within the first 1.5 kb of the latency-associated transcript

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Pages 439-448 | Received 05 May 2009, Accepted 01 Aug 2009, Published online: 22 Feb 2010

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