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Technical Report

Laboratory activities involving transmissible spongiform encephalopathy causing agents

Risk assessment and biosafety recommendations in Belgium

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Pages 420-433 | Received 05 Aug 2013, Accepted 18 Sep 2013, Published online: 20 Sep 2013

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