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Editorial
. 2020 Sep:98:14-15.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.065. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

Herd immunity and vaccination of children for COVID-19

Thirumalaisamy P Velavan  1 , Andrew J Pollard  2 , Peter G Kremsner  3
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Editorial

Herd immunity and vaccination of children for COVID-19

Thirumalaisamy P Velavan et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Sep.
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