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. 2020 Jan 24;12(2):135.
doi: 10.3390/v12020135.

Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV

Lisa E Gralinski  1 , Vineet D Menachery  2   3
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Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV

Lisa E Gralinski et al. Viruses. .

Abstract

The emergence of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has awakened the echoes of SARS-CoV from nearly two decades ago. Yet, with technological advances and important lessons gained from previous outbreaks, perhaps the world is better equipped to deal with the most recent emergent group 2B coronavirus.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV; Wuhan; Wuhan pneumonia; coronavirus; emerging viruses; novel CoV.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Timeline of the key 2019-nCoV events.
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