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Ebola: a call for blood transfusion strategy in sub-Saharan Africa

LANCET (2014)

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LANCET

Volume 384, Issue 9951, Pages 1347-1348

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61693-7

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