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January 23, 2020JAMA2,272 citations

Coronavirus Infections—More Than Just the Common Cold

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CPCatharine I. PaulesHMHilary D. MarstonAFAnthony S. Fauci

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  • The central aim is to review the emergence of pathogenic coronaviruses and the necessary public health responses to new threats.
  • Review the emergence of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
  • Discuss the identification of 2019-nCoV.
  • Examine public health strategies for containment.
  • The rapid spread of 2019-nCoV presents significant public health challenges.
  • Current strategies may need enhancement to effectively contain this novel threat.

Abstract

In this Viewpoint Anthony Fauci and colleagues review the emergence of pathogenic human coronaviruses (SARS-Cov and MERS-CoV) as background for discussing a rapidly spreading novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in 2019 in China and the public health strategies necessary to contain the threat.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69fd339cea4a61241c5d1319https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.0757
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