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Another Decade, Another Coronavirus

S. Perlman

2020 · DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2001126
New England Journal of Medicine · 890 Citations

TLDR

For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect human populations and this virus, provisionally called 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, China, in 2016.

Abstract

For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect human populations. This virus, provisionally called 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, China, in p...