Preparing for Uncertainty: Endemic Paediatric Viral Illnesses After COVID-19 Pandemic Disruption

Overview

Journal Lancet

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Jul 17

PMID 35843260

Authors

Kevin Messacar

Rachel E Baker

Sang Woo Park

Hai Nguyen-Tran

Jessica R Cataldi

Bryan Grenfell

Affiliations

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