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. 2020 Jun;80(6):e32-e33.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.027. Epub 2020 Mar 21.

Herd immunity - estimating the level required to halt the COVID-19 epidemics in affected countries

Kin On Kwok  1 , Florence Lai  2 , Wan In Wei  3 , Samuel Yeung Shan Wong  3 , Julian W T Tang  4
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Herd immunity - estimating the level required to halt the COVID-19 epidemics in affected countries

Kin On Kwok et al. J Infect. 2020 Jun.
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