The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China

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Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Volume: 91
Pages: 264-266
Citations: 3976
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                                    David S.C. Hui, 
                                
                                    Esam I. Azhar, 
                                
                                    Tariq A. Madani
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. 
                            International Journal of Infectious Diseases
                            , 91
                            
                            , 264-266.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009