COVID-19, SARS and MERS: are they closely related?

Nicola Petrosillo; Giulio Viceconte; Önder Ergönül; Giuseppe Ippolito; Eskild Petersen

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2020.03.026

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusVirologyCoronavirus InfectionsSars virusPandemicMedicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyDisease

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 26
Issue: 6
Pages: 729-734
Citations: 1127
Access: Closed

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