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. 2020 Apr;28(4):239-240.
doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.001. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Unveiling the Origin and Transmission of 2019-nCoV

Yifei Xu  1
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Unveiling the Origin and Transmission of 2019-nCoV

Yifei Xu. Trends Microbiol. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

A novel coronavirus has caused thousands of human infections in China since December 2019, raising a global public health concern. Recent studies (Huang et al., Chan et al., and Zhou et al.) have provided timely insights into its origin and ability to spread among humans, informing infection prevention and control practices.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; human-to-human transmission; interspecies transmission; pneumonia; public health.

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The Possible Interspecies Transmission Route and Timeline of 2019-nCoV. (A) Timeline of major events in the 2019-nCoV outbreak. (B) Potential interspecies transmission routes of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and 2019-nCoV. The question mark and broken line denote unknown intermediate host and suspected transmission.
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