An outbreak of COVID-19 caused by a new coronavirus: what we know so far

Allen C Cheng^{1

2}, Deborah A Williamson^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC.
² Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 32146721
PMCID: PMC7228293
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50530

An outbreak of COVID-19 caused by a new coronavirus: what we know so far

Allen C Cheng et al. Med J Aust. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;212(9):393-394.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50530. Epub 2020 Mar 8.

Authors

Allen C Cheng^{1

2}, Deborah A Williamson^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC.
² Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 32146721
PMCID: PMC7228293
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50530

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Keywords: Disease transmission, infectious; Infectious diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

Allen Cheng and Deborah Williamson are members of government advisory committees; the opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of those committees.

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