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Lost in Translation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Nasia Safdar  and
Dennis G. Maki
Nasia Safdar
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
Dennis G. Maki*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin
*
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 3 - 7
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