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. 2023 Jan;86(1):e13-e14.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.025. Epub 2022 Aug 24.

Are SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in children lower than in adults?

Gülsüm İclal Bayhan  1 , Irmak Özkubat Korkmaz  2 , Enes Seyda Şahiner  3 , Nazlı Tekeli  4 , Ahmet Gökhan Akdağ  5 , Ayşegül Zehra Uyan Erten  2 , Asuman Begüm Taşbaşı  4 , Burak Göre  3 , Mustafa Doğru  3 , Fisun Kırca  2 , Bedia Dinç  2
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Are SARS-CoV-2 viral loads in children lower than in adults?

Gülsüm İclal Bayhan et al. J Infect. 2023 Jan.
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