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. 2021 Jan-Apr;22(1):56-57.

doi: 10.1016/j.vacun.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Transmission of SARS CoV-2 virus through the ocular mucosa worth taking precautions

A A Dawood¹

Affiliations

PMID: 33013257
PMCID: PMC7522618
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacun.2020.09.003

Transmission of SARS CoV-2 virus through the ocular mucosa worth taking precautions

A A Dawood. Vacunas. 2021 Jan-Apr.

. 2021 Jan-Apr;22(1):56-57.

doi: 10.1016/j.vacun.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

Author

A A Dawood¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Medicine, University of Mosul, Al-Jamea, 34 st., Mosul, Iraq.

PMID: 33013257
PMCID: PMC7522618
DOI: 10.1016/j.vacun.2020.09.003

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