The origin, transmission and clinical therapies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak – an update on the status

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Pages: 11-11
Citations: 4877
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                                    Yan-Rong Guo, 
                                
                                    Qing-Dong Cao, 
                                
                                    Zhong-Si Hong
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The origin, transmission and clinical therapies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak – an update on the status. 
                            Military Medical Research
                            , 7
                            (1)
                            , 11-11.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s40779-020-00240-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s40779-020-00240-0