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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.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.001

Type

Journal article

Journal

Trends in microbiology

Publication Date

04/2020

Volume

28

Pages

239 - 240

Addresses

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