Note from the editors: MERS-CoV - The quest for the reservoir continues

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 50, 2013, Pages

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DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DROMEDARY; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; SARS CORONAVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84890327782     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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