Novel coronavirus: How much of a threat? We know the questions to ask; we don't yet have many answers

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7897, 2013, Pages

  Pebody, Richard ^a   Zambon, Maria ^a   Watson, John M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874614861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1301     Document Type: Editorial

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