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. 2021 Jan;93(1):64-65.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26120. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Epidemiological evidence for association between higher influenza vaccine uptake in the elderly and lower COVID-19 deaths in Italy

Daniela Marín-Hernández  1 , Robert E Schwartz  1 , Douglas F Nixon  1
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Epidemiological evidence for association between higher influenza vaccine uptake in the elderly and lower COVID-19 deaths in Italy

Daniela Marín-Hernández et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Jan.
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Relationship between the percentage of vaccinated adults greater than 65 years old and the percentage of COVID‐19 deaths from each region in Italy up to 2 May 2020
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