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. 2020 Mar;27(2):e12591.
doi: 10.1111/xen.12591. Epub 2020 Mar 28.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: Could pigs be vectors for human infections?

Tanja Opriessnig  1   2 , Yao-Wei Huang  3
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: Could pigs be vectors for human infections?

Tanja Opriessnig et al. Xenotransplantation. 2020 Mar.
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