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Comment
. 2021 Dec:85:102417.
doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102417. Epub 2021 Jul 3.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and parasitic diseases: A possible role for microbiome interaction?

Giorgia Montrucchio  1 , Fulvio Pomero  2 , Massimo Perotto  2 , Edoardo Fanti  2 , Luca Brazzi  3
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SARS-CoV-2 infection and parasitic diseases: A possible role for microbiome interaction?

Giorgia Montrucchio et al. Parasitol Int. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Amebiasis; COVID-19; Entamoeba histolytica; Microbiome; SARS-CoV-2.

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