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Editorial
One hundred years of anthrax
  1. A Nicoll1,
  2. R Maynard2
  1. 1Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK
  2. 2Department of Health, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr A Nicoll
 Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK; anicollphls.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2002.006353

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