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. 2020 Sep;55(9):2233-2234.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.24933. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Dramatic decrease of laboratory-confirmed influenza A after school closure in response to COVID-19

Andres Perez-Lopez  1   2 , Mohammad Hasan  1   2 , Muhammad Iqbal  1 , Mohammed Janahi  2   3 , Diane Roscoe  1 , Patrick Tang  1   2
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Dramatic decrease of laboratory-confirmed influenza A after school closure in response to COVID-19

Andres Perez-Lopez et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Sep.
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  • School closure, COVID-19 and influenza A.
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