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CORRECTION:After publication of this article [1] it came to our attention that the affiliation of Jun Chen and Hong-zhou Lu were incorrectly shown.Jun Chen's affiliation should have been given as Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.Hong-zhou Lu should have been given as Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Medical College of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.The original article has been updated to reflect this change.
journal_name
Infect Dis Povertyjournal_title
Infectious diseases of povertyauthors
Cai RT,Yu FX,Tao Z,Qian XQ,Chen J,Lu HZdoi
10.1186/s40249-017-0376-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-11-23 00:00:00pages
162issue
1eissn
2095-5162issn
2049-9957pii
10.1186/s40249-017-0376-1journal_volume
6pub_type
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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doi:10.1186/s40249-016-0190-1
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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doi:10.1186/2049-9957-1-2
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s40249-020-00786-0
更新日期:2021-01-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
pub_type: 信件
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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doi:10.1186/s40249-018-0477-5
更新日期:2018-09-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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doi:10.1186/s40249-018-0458-8
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/2049-9957-1-8
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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journal_title:Infectious diseases of poverty
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