Abstract
Since December 2019, a total of 41 cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology have been confirmed in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China.Wuhan city is a major transportation hub with a population of more than 11 million people.Most of the patients visited a local fish and wild animal ORCID
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- 92
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Hongzhou Lu,
Charles W. Stratton,
Yi‐Wei Tang
(2020).
Outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology in Wuhan, China: The mystery and the miracle.
Journal of Medical Virology
, 92
(4)
, 401-402.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25678
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- 10.1002/jmv.25678