Coming Out of Nowhere: The Paradox of the Birth of Omicron

Overview

Journal J Biomed Phys Eng

Publisher Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2022 Sep 5

PMID 36059290

Authors

Seyed Alireza Mortazavi

Najmeh Jooyan

Batool Faegheh Bahaaddini Baigy Zarandi

Neda Jooyan

Mehdi Faraz

Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi

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