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No increased rates of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in Altötting, a Bavarian district with a history of environmental PFOA contamination—results from a retrospective observational study

Authors: Andreas Beyerlein, Stefanie Heinze, Caroline Quartucci, Katharina Katz

Published in: Infection | Issue 4/2024

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Title: No increased rates of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in Altötting, a Bavarian district with a history of environmental PFOA contamination—results from a retrospective observational study
Authors: Andreas Beyerlein
Stefanie Heinze
Caroline Quartucci
Katharina Katz
Publication date: 13-03-2024
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: COVID-19
Vaccination
Published in: Infection / Issue 4/2024
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-024-02230-z

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