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Comment
. 2020 Oct;39(10):e332-e334.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002851.

COVID-19 in South American Children: A Call For Action

Omar Yassef Antúnez-Montes  1 , María Isabel Escamilla  2 , Augusto Flavio Figueroa-Uribe  3 , Erick Arteaga-Menchaca  4 , Manuel Lavariega-Sárachaga  5 , Perla Salcedo-Lozada  6 , Rosa Arana Sunohara  7 , Priscilla Melchior  8 , Jorge Omar Flores Del Razo  9 , Juan Carlos Tirado-Caballero  10 , Jaime Amadeo Tasayco-Muñoz  11 , Hernando Pinzon-Redondo  12 , Laura Vanessa Montes-Fontalvo  12 , Teresa Ochoa  13 , Francisco Eduardo Campos  14 , Roger Hernandez  7 , Lara Limansky  15 , Olguita Del Aguila  16 , Danilo Buonsenso  17
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COVID-19 in South American Children: A Call For Action

Omar Yassef Antúnez-Montes et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct.
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