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Investigating outbreaks: medical imperative or academic indulgence?

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Krause, G. Investigating outbreaks: medical imperative or academic indulgence?. Wien Klin Wochenschr 121, 73–76 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-008-1124-0

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