Wuhan novel coronavirus (COVID-19): why global control is challenging?

Public Health

Volumn 179, Issue , 2020, Pages A1-A2

  Lee, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKFORCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CORONAVIRUS;

COVID-19; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85079899881     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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