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Editorial
. 2015 Sep;56(5):1174-6.
doi: 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.5.1174.

An Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in South Korea, 2015

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Editorial

An Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in South Korea, 2015

Jun Yong Choi. Yonsei Med J. 2015 Sep.
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The author has no financial conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1. Transmission linkage of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, May to July 2015 (n=186).

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