SARS-CoV-2 is an appropriate name for the new coronavirus

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10228, 2020, Pages 949-950

  Wu, Yuntao ^a   Ho, Wenzhe ^b   Huang, Yaowei ^c   Jin, Dong Yan ^d   Li, Shiyue ^f   Liu, Shan Lu ^g   Liu, Xuefeng ^h   Qiu, Jianming ⁱ   Sang, Yongming ^j   Wang, Qiuhong ^g   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^e   Zheng, Zhi Ming ^k  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; TAXONOMY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS;

EID: 85081669799     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30557-2     Document Type: Letter

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