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Unfinished business: severe acute respiratory infection in sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Matthew J. Cummings, Barnabas Bakamutumaho, Max R. O’Donnell

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2016

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Title: Unfinished business: severe acute respiratory infection in sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Matthew J. Cummings
Barnabas Bakamutumaho
Max R. O’Donnell
Publication date: 01-09-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4383-7

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