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. 2021 Oct;54(5):1006-1007.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.01.013. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Eosinopenia in COVID-19: What we missed so far?

Benjamin Davido  1 , Bethsabee Partouche  2 , Karim Jaffal  3 , Pierre de Truchis  3 , Marie Herr  4 , Marion Pepin  5
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Eosinopenia in COVID-19: What we missed so far?

Benjamin Davido et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacterial; COVID-19; Eosinophil count; Infection; Viral.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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