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letter . 2021 Mar 29:jiab089. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab089
Verified infections with endemic common cold coronaviruses do not entail significant protection against SARS-CoV-2
Johan Ringlander
1,✉, Anna Martner
1, Staffan Nilsson
2,3, Johan Westin
1, Magnus Lindh
1, Kristoffer Hellstrand
1,✉
Johan Ringlander
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Anna Martner
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Staffan Nilsson
2
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
3
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Johan Westin
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Magnus Lindh
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kristoffer Hellstrand
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
3
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Corresponding author: kristoffer.hellstrand@gu.se
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Alternate corresponding author: johan.ringlander@gu.se
Received 2021 Jan 26.
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See "Reply to Ringlander et al." with doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab090.