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Comment
. 2022 Jun:119:117-118.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.027. Epub 2022 Mar 22.

Parasites Protect from Severe COVID-19. Myth or Reality?

Abdelrahman M Makram  1 , Marcel Alied  2 , Zeeshan Ali Khan  3 , Nguyen Tien Huy  4
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Parasites Protect from Severe COVID-19. Myth or Reality?

Abdelrahman M Makram et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Morbidity; Mortality; Parasitic coinfection; Severity.

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