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. 2015 Jul-Sep;10(3):218-9.
doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.160847.

Re-emerging Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: The hibernating bat hypothesis

Hana Fakhoury  1 , Ali Hajeer  2
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Re-emerging Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: The hibernating bat hypothesis

Hana Fakhoury et al. Ann Thorac Med. 2015 Jul-Sep.
No abstract available

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