Uncertainties about the transmission routes of 2019 novel coronavirus

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 470-471

  Han, Qingmei ^a   Lin, Qingqing ^a   Ni, Zuowei ^a   You, Liangshun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85080899340     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12735     Document Type: Letter

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