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. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13676.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13676. Epub 2020 Jun 19.

Can COVID-19 be a sexually transmitted disease? Posterity will judge

Valeria Gaspari  1 , Anna Lanzoni  1 , Annalisa Patrizi  1 , Gionathan Orioni  1 , Filippo Viviani  1 , Federico Bardazzi  1
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Can COVID-19 be a sexually transmitted disease? Posterity will judge

Valeria Gaspari et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

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  • Sexually transmitted COVID-19.
    Abdelmaksoud A, Vestita M, Goldust M. Abdelmaksoud A, et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Nov;33(6):e13982. doi: 10.1111/dth.13982. Epub 2020 Jul 27. Dermatol Ther. 2020. PMID: 32638489 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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