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Comment
. 2020 Aug;20(8):892-893.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30561-2. Epub 2020 Jul 3.

Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites

Emanuel Goldman  1
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Exaggerated risk of transmission of COVID-19 by fomites

Emanuel Goldman. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.

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  • Correction to Lancet Infect Dis 2020; 20: 892-93.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;20(9):e215. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30627-7. Epub 2020 Jul 30. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 32738932 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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    van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Morris DH, Holbrook MG, Gamble A, Williamson BN, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Thornburg NJ, Gerber SI, Lloyd-Smith JO, de Wit E, Munster VJ. van Doremalen N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 16;382(16):1564-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973. Epub 2020 Mar 17. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32182409 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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