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Paediatric patients as a COVID-19 transmitter
Affiliations- Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
paediatric, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, transmission, pandemic
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Paediatric patients as a COVID-19 transmitter
Journal
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editor
Pages
290
Published online
2020-11-03
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Medical Research Journal 2020;5(4):290.
Keywords
paediatric
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
transmission
pandemic
Authors
Michał Pruc
Łukasz Szarpak
Jacek Smereka
Przemysław Paciorek
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