Bacterial Coinfections Contribute to Severe COVID-19 in Winter

Overview

Journal Cell Res

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2023 May 23

PMID 37221267

Authors

Hui Fan

Li Zhou

Jingjun Lv

Shimin Yang

Guozhong Chen

Xinjin Liu

Chunyan Han

Xue Tan

Shengnan Qian

Zegang Wu

Shan Yu

Ming Guo

Chengliang Zhu

Yu Chen

Ke Lan

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