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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 13;27(2):taaa015.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa015.

Travellers give wings to novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Mary E Wilson  1   2 , Lin H Chen  3   4
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Editorial

Travellers give wings to novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Mary E Wilson et al. J Travel Med. .

Abstract

A novel coronavirus, probably of bat origin, has caused an outbreak of severe respiratory infection in humans in Wuhan, China and has been dispersed globally by travelers. The WHO has declared the spread of the infection a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Keywords: MERS; SARS; Wuhan; airborne; bats; cross-species spread; live animal markets; novel coronavirus; one health; respiratory; spillover; super-spreader.

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