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Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence

✍ Scribed by Gandon, Sylvain; Mackinnon, Margaret J.; Nee, Sean; Read, Andrew F.

Book ID: 109802557
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 187 KB
Volume: 414
Category: Article
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/414751a

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