The management of coronavirus infections with particular reference to SARS
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The management of coronavirus infections with particular reference to SARS.
The human coronaviruses (HCoV) OC43 and 229E are common causes of upper respiratory tract infections. Severe diseases were rare, however, until the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV in 2003. Since then, other novel CoV (NL63 and HKU1) have been described, and they have caused respiratory infections worldwide. Potentially exposed laboratory workers or animal handlers ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn243