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. 2020 Jun 9;57(8):767–768. doi: 10.1007/s13312-020-1936-1

Seasonal Influenza Vaccination and the Heightened Risk of Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Virus Infections: Fact or Fiction?

Vipin M Vashishtha 1,✉, Puneet Kumar 2
PMCID: PMC7444173  PMID: 32525495

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