SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections among healthcare workers in a large Belgian hospital network.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Department of Medical Microbiology, ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen, B-2020Antwerp, Belgium.

Published: November 2022

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