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. 2020 Oct;92(10):1741-1742.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25831. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

SARS-COV-2 and infectivity: Possible increase in infectivity associated to integrin motif expression

Ilaria Tresoldi  1 , Carla F Sangiuolo  2 , Vittorio Manzari  1 , Andrea Modesti  1
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SARS-COV-2 and infectivity: Possible increase in infectivity associated to integrin motif expression

Ilaria Tresoldi et al. J Med Virol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus; pandemics; receptor binding.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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