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Profile: Malik Peiris

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If battling a viral illness for a week can be tiring, being consumed by it for years can be downright exhausting. Still, Malik Peiris labors on in his quest to conquer the elusive infections.

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Mandavilli, A. Profile: Malik Peiris. Nat Med 10, 886 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0904-886

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