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. 1996 Jan-Mar;2(1):47–53. doi: 10.3201/eid0201.960106

Unexplained deaths due to possibly infectious causes in the United States: defining the problem and designing surveillance and laboratory approaches. The Unexplained Deaths Working Group.

B A Perkins 1, J M Flood 1, R Danila 1, R C Holman 1, A L Reingold 1, L A Klug 1, M Virata 1, P R Cieslak 1, S R Zaki 1, R W Pinner 1, R F Khabbaz 1
PMCID: PMC2639807  PMID: 8903196

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