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Concurrent dengue virus and Japanese encephalitis virus infection of the brain: is it co-infection or co-detection?

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    R. K. Garg, H. S. Malhotra, A. Gupta & N. Kumar

  2. Department of Microbiology, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Garg, R.K., Malhotra, H.S., Gupta, A. et al. Concurrent dengue virus and Japanese encephalitis virus infection of the brain: is it co-infection or co-detection?. Infection 40, 589–593 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-012-0284-z

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