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Review
. 2020 Feb:40:37-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

The continued epidemic threat of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for the future of global public health

Timothy P Sheahan  1 , Matthew B Frieman  2
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Review

The continued epidemic threat of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for the future of global public health

Timothy P Sheahan et al. Curr Opin Virol. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

A new coronavirus (CoV) called SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as the etiological agent of a viral pneumonia called COVID-19. The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been so extensive that the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Below, we discuss the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and provide the historical context, which strongly suggests emerging CoVs provide an immediate threat to global public health and will continue to do so in the future.

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