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High incidence of SARS-CoV-2 severe pneumonia in urban metropolitan areas: a suggestive pathogenetic hypothesis

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    Nicola Abrescia MD, Adelaide Maddaloni MD, Maurizio D’Abbraccio MD & Mario De Marco MD

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Abrescia, N., Maddaloni, A., D’Abbraccio, M. et al. High incidence of SARS-CoV-2 severe pneumonia in urban metropolitan areas: a suggestive pathogenetic hypothesis. Wien Klin Wochenschr 135, 505–506 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-023-02279-0

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