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. 2020 Jun;48(6):713.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.01.023. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

An update on the 2019-nCoV outbreak

Mohammad Ammad Ud Din  1 , Leela Krishna Teja Boppana  2
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An update on the 2019-nCoV outbreak

Mohammad Ammad Ud Din et al. Am J Infect Control. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Cases of 2019-nCoV are now being reported in different regions around the globe, concerning for a possible SARS like epidemic that infected for than 8000 people in 2002-03. Though, major health authorities are still working on understanding the virus and its transmission, here we present a brief report regarding the 2019-nCoV outbreak and what is known so far.

Keywords: Coronavirus; MERS; Novel virus; Pandemic; SARS; Viral pneumonia.

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