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Outbreak Investigations: Red-Eyed Rabbits and Community Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Clare F. Pegues
Clare F. Pegues*
Affiliation:
Los Angeles, California
*
2700 Anchor Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90064 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 1143 - 1145
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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