World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue , 2020, Pages 71-76

  Sohrabi, Catrin ^a   Alsafi, Zaid ^b   O'Neill, Niamh ^a   Khan, Mehdi ^b   Kerwan, Ahmed ^c   Al Jabir, Ahmed ^c   Iosifidis, Christos ^a   Agha, Riaz ^d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COVID 19; Global health emergency; Novel coronavirus; Viral transmission; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUARANTINE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; PANDEMIC; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85080988227     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.02.034     Document Type: Review

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