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Comment
. 2020 Nov:83:28-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.08.049. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

A Commentary on "A comparative overview of COVID-19, MERS and SARS: Review article" (International Journal of Surgery 2020; 81:1-8)

Sayema Awais  1 , Sayed Fida Hussain Shah  2 , Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah  3
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A Commentary on "A comparative overview of COVID-19, MERS and SARS: Review article" (International Journal of Surgery 2020; 81:1-8)

Sayema Awais et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Nov.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Epidemiology; Global health emergencies; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV); Pandemic; Public health; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Viral infection outbreak.

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