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Never shy from infectious-disease mysteries

Patrícia Brasil is head of the Laboratory of Acute Febrile Illness of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Evandro Chagas, Fiocruz, and professor of tropical medicine and clinical research in the postgraduate programs of Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Brasil, P. Never shy from infectious-disease mysteries. Nat Med 25, 1465 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0569-1

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