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Over the fence or through the gate: how viruses infect polarized cells

    Nicola F Fletcher

    * Author for correspondence

    HCV Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

    ,
    Colin Howard

    HCV Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    &
    Jane A McKeating

    HCV Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/imt.12.6
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