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Experience With a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Influenza

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul J. Drinka
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin Veterans Home
Peggy Krause
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Lori Nest
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Janice Miller
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
Cathy Gauerke
Affiliation:
Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wisconsin
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Abstract

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Type
Letter to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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