The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health - The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China

  • Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Feb;91:264-266. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009.
David S Hui  1 ,  Esam I Azhar  2 ,  Tariq A Madani  3 ,  Francine Ntoumi  4 ,  Richard Kock  5 ,  Osman Dar  6 ,  Giuseppe Ippolito  7 ,  Timothy D Mchugh  8 ,  Ziad A Memish  9 ,  Christian Drosten  10 ,  Alimuddin Zumla  11 ,  Eskild Petersen  12
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 2. Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center and, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • 3. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • 4. Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
  • 5. The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK.
  • 6. Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK.
  • 7. Lazzaro Spallanzani, National Institute for Infectious Diseases - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
  • 8. Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, United Kingdom.
  • 9. Research CentreKing Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • 10. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany; German Centre for Infection Research, associated partner Charité, Berlin, Germany.
  • 11. Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
  • 12. Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
PMID: 31953166 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.009