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Issue: Volume 45-1: Challenges in infection control
Date published: January 3, 2019
ISSN: 1481-8531
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Volume 45-1, January 3, 2019: Challenges in infection control
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CCDR Editorial Office, Infection Prevention and Control Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON
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Canada Communicable Disease Report Editorial Team. CCDR has adopted the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Can Commn Dis Rep 2019;45(1):44.
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