Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus - Two years into the epidemic

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Sprenger, M ^a   Coulombier, D ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CORONAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899656392     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.16.20783     Document Type: Editorial

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