Mortality from COVID-19: are we getting closer to the true value?

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Marco Fonzo et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;114(7):347-348.

doi: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1827617. Epub 2020 Oct 4.

¹ Hygiene and Public Health Unit, Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua , Padova, Italy.

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Keywords: IFR; Seroprevalence SARS-CoV-2; infection fatality ratio.

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