Can Monkeypox Infection Be Serious Problem for Children?

Ayşe Rüveyda Uğur; Mehmet Özdemir

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1755193

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Pediatr Infect Dis 2022; 17(04): i-ii
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755193

Editorial

Can Monkeypox Infection Be Serious Problem for Children?

Ayşe Rüveyda Uğur

¹Division of Medical Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Konya City Hospital, Turkey

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Mehmet Özdemir

²Division of Medical Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey

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