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01-06-2020 | Coronavirus | Editorial

Diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in children: a pressing issue

Authors: Kun-Ling Shen, Yong-Hong Yang

Published in: World Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 3/2020

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The viral pneumonia in Wuhan City, China has spread around China. The virus has been proven to be a novel coronavirus (named as “2019-nCoV”) by World Health Organization (WHO). 2019-nCoV belongs to beta-coronavirus genera. On January 30, 2020, WHO re-evaluated the potential effects of 2019-nCoV infection in global public health, and declared this epidemic as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)”. …

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Title: Diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in children: a pressing issue
Authors: Kun-Ling Shen
Yong-Hong Yang
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Coronavirus
Pneumonia
Interferon
Published in: World Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 3/2020
Print ISSN: 1708-8569
Electronic ISSN: 1867-0687
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-020-00344-6

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