Infectious disease and group size: more than just a numbers game

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2015-05-26

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rstb.2014.0111PMID 25870397PMCID PMC4410377
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