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01-12-2021 | Vaccination | CORRESPONDENCE

The Authors' Reply: Need for a multi-pronged population-level strategy to manage SARS-CoV-2 infection

Authors: S. V. Subramanian, Akhil Kumar

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 12/2021

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We thank Mulot, et al. [1], Coleman, et al. [2], and Gianicolo, et al. [3] for their responses to our research letter on the lack of a meaningful association between incidence in confirmed COVID-19 cases and levels of full vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in United States (US). …

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Title: The Authors' Reply: Need for a multi-pronged population-level strategy to manage SARS-CoV-2 infection
Authors: S. V. Subramanian
Akhil Kumar
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Keyword: Vaccination
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 12/2021
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00827-4

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