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The imperative to develop a human vaccine for the Hendra virus in Australia

Bilal A. ZahoorDepartment of Infectious Disease EpidemiologySchool of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;Department of SurgerySchool of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;Department of TraumaRoyal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MBBS, MPH &
Lucy I. MudieDepartment of Infectious Disease EpidemiologySchool of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
, MBBS, MPH
Article: 29619 | Received 02 Sep 2015, Accepted 05 Oct 2015, Published online: 29 Oct 2015

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