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. 2020 Jul 15:181:69-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.04.105. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Bee venom and SARS-CoV-2

Wei Yang  1 , Fu-Liang Hu  2 , Xiao-Feng Xu  3
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Bee venom and SARS-CoV-2

Wei Yang et al. Toxicon. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. The survey data of beekeepers in Hubei province were provided by professor Fu-liang Hu, an expert of apiology. Dr. Xu gave me a lot of support on my task of the prevention and control of coronavirus.

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Investigation histogram of beekeepers in Hubei.
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