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The expected economic burden on the healthcare system because of quarantining patients with monkeypox virus

Ali Alshahrani
Saudi Medical Journal March 2023, 44 (3) 231-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220515

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