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. 2020 May;212(9):393-394.e1.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50530. Epub 2020 Mar 8.

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
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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.
No abstract available

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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