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. 2021 Apr 26;17(4):e1009509.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009509. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Individuals cannot rely on COVID-19 herd immunity: Durable immunity to viral disease is limited to viruses with obligate viremic spread

Jonathan W Yewdell  1
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Individuals cannot rely on COVID-19 herd immunity: Durable immunity to viral disease is limited to viruses with obligate viremic spread

Jonathan W Yewdell. PLoS Pathog. .
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