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Comment
. 2022 Jan;27(1):2101188.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.1.2101188.

Letter to the editor: Time to consider unusual or severe headache and fatigue as indicator symptoms for COVID-19 testing?

Alma Tostmann  1
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Comment

Letter to the editor: Time to consider unusual or severe headache and fatigue as indicator symptoms for COVID-19 testing?

Alma Tostmann. Euro Surveill. 2022 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; diagnostic testing; infection control; public health; testing strategy.

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