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A novel coronavirus has caused thousands of human infections in China since December 2019, raising a global public health concern. Recent studies (Huang et al., Chan et al., and Zhou et al.) have provided timely insights into its origin and ability to spread among humans, informing infection prevention and control practices.

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DOI

10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.001

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

01/04/2020

Volume

28

Pages

239 - 240

Total pages

1

Addresses

Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: yifei.xu@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

Keywords

Animals, Chiroptera, Humans, Melia azedarach, Zoonoses, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Public Health, Disease Outbreaks, Livestock, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus