Measles Immune Suppression: Functional Impairment or Numbers Game?

Rory D. de Vries; Rik L. de Swart

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004482

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Measles Immune Suppression: Functional Impairment or Numbers Game?

Rory D. de Vries,

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Rik L. de Swart

* E-mail: r.deswart@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Measles Immune Suppression: Functional Impairment or Numbers Game?

Rory D. de Vries,
Rik L. de Swart

Published: December 18, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004482

About the Authors

Rory D. de Vries

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rik L. de Swart

* E-mail: r.deswart@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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