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. 2020 Nov;27(6):e12651.
doi: 10.1111/xen.12651. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Further information on possible animal sources for human COVID-19

Tanja Opriessnig  1   2 , Yao-Wei Huang  3
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Further information on possible animal sources for human COVID-19

Tanja Opriessnig et al. Xenotransplantation. 2020 Nov.
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