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Oral Wounds and Hepatitis B Virus Transmission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Jiman He ,
Xiaolan Chen  and
Jian Sun
Jiman He*
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Xiaolan Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Jian Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
*
Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China ([email protected]).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1079 - 1080
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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