In a commentary appearing online Jan. 17 in Immunity, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and leading NIAID influenza vaccine researchers Brian R. Murphy, M.D., and Kanta Subbarao, M.D., M.P.H., discuss
ARTICLE: "The Immunology of Influenza Infection" by Kanta Subbarao, Brian R. Murphy, and Anthony S. Fauci. Immunity DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.12.005 (2006).
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