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. 2022 Oct 27;387(17):1620-1622.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2209306. Epub 2022 Oct 5.

Protective Effect of Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection against Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Subvariants

Heba N Altarawneh  1 , Hiam Chemaitelly  1 , Houssein H Ayoub  2 , Mohammad R Hasan  3 , Peter Coyle  4 , Hadi M Yassine  2 , Hebah A Al-Khatib  2 , Maria K Smatti  2 , Zaina Al-Kanaani  4 , Einas Al-Kuwari  4 , Andrew Jeremijenko  4 , Anvar H Kaleeckal  4 , Ali N Latif  4 , Riyazuddin M Shaik  4 , Hanan F Abdul-Rahim  2 , Gheyath K Nasrallah  2 , Mohamed G Al-Kuwari  5 , Adeel A Butt  4 , Hamad E Al-Romaihi  6 , Mohamed H Al-Thani  6 , Abdullatif Al-Khal  4 , Roberto Bertollini  6 , Patrick Tang  3 , Laith J Abu-Raddad  7
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Protective Effect of Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection against Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Subvariants

Heba N Altarawneh et al. N Engl J Med. .
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