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. 2025 Jun 2:13:1535315.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1535315. eCollection 2025.

Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)-Database of a prospective longitudinal observational study within the Veterans Health Administration

Liuye Huang #  1   2 , Xumin Li #  1   2 , Samin I Kamal #  1   2 , Jonathan D Sugimoto  2   3 , Cindy H Liu  1 , Tracy Wang  1 , Daniel K Morelli  1 , Jordanna B Midthun  1 , Vivek R Pakanati  1 , Katrina V Deardorff  1 , Jennifer L Sporleder  1 , Jude Lopez  4 , Mark Holodniy  4   5   6 , Nicholas L Smith  1   2 , Jennifer S Lee  5   6 , Javeed A Shah  1   7   8 , Jennifer M Ross  1   7
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Epidemiology, Immunology and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 (EPIC3)-Database of a prospective longitudinal observational study within the Veterans Health Administration

Liuye Huang et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Veterans; database; epidemiology; longitudinal cohort.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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