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. 2022 Mar:99:106261.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106261. Epub 2022 Feb 12.

The Omicron subvariant BA.2: Birth of a new challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic

Farid Rahimi  1 , Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi
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The Omicron subvariant BA.2: Birth of a new challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic

Farid Rahimi et al. Int J Surg. 2022 Mar.
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