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. 2020 Aug;32(8):1627-1628.
doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01640-x. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

To keep a COVID-19-free hospital ward: mission possible?

Mario Bo  1 , Enrico Brunetti  1 , Roberto Presta  2 , Marta Rota  1 , Francesca Dutto  1 , Alessia Cortese  1 , Gianluca Isaia  1
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To keep a COVID-19-free hospital ward: mission possible?

Mario Bo et al. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 Aug.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Hospital transmission; SARS-CoV-2.

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The authors of this manuscript declare they have not conflict of interest to disclose.

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