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A conceptual approach to the rationale for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allocation prioritisation

Malte Kohns Vasconcelosa Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany;b Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St. George’s, University of London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chantal Maraziac Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Markela Koniordoud Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, GreeceView further author information
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Heiner Fangerauc Department of the History, Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9065-3395View further author information
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Ingo Drexlere Institute for Virology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyView further author information
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Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuahf Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana;g Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, GhanaView further author information
Pages 273-276 | Published online: 09 Jun 2021

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