Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV
Abstract
:1. Emergence
2. Origins of 2019-nCoV
3. Susceptible Populations
4. Insights from the 2019-nCoV Sequence
5. Achieving Koch Postulates
6. Threat for Spread: Human to Human, Health Care Workers, and Super Spreaders
7. Emerging Diseases in the Age of Social Media
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Gralinski, L.E.; Menachery, V.D. Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV. Viruses 2020, 12, 135. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12020135
Gralinski LE, Menachery VD. Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV. Viruses. 2020; 12(2):135. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12020135
Chicago/Turabian StyleGralinski, Lisa E., and Vineet D. Menachery. 2020. "Return of the Coronavirus: 2019-nCoV" Viruses 12, no. 2: 135. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12020135