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. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):2225-2240.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1654.

COVID-19-Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining

Ferric C Fang  1 , Constance A Benson  2 , Carlos Del Rio  3 , Kathryn M Edwards  4 , Vance G Fowler  5 , David N Fredricks  6 , Ajit P Limaye  1 , Barbara E Murray  7 , Susanna Naggie  5 , Peter G Pappas  8 , Robin Patel  9 , David L Paterson  10 , David A Pegues  11 , William A Petri  12 , Robert T Schooley  2
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COVID-19-Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining

Ferric C Fang et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In this article, the editors of Clinical Infectious Diseases review some of the most important lessons they have learned about the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify essential questions about COVID-19 that remain to be answered.

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