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Peer reviewed clinical letter

Vol. 144 No. 5152 (2014)

To vaccinate or let it be – current recommendations and the reality about yellow fever vaccination

  • Silja Bühler
  • Veronika K. Jaeger
  • Kerstin Kling
  • Christoph Hatz
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14095
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14095
Published
15.12.2014

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