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Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010810
Article Title: Pestilence and famine: Continuing down the vicious cycle with COVID-19
Author Countries: Cambodia and Thailand
Funding: see manuscript
Journal
PLOS Pathogens
Method of Research
Literature review
Subject of Research
Not applicable
COI Statement
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.