Description of the First Strain of 2019-nCoV, C-Tan-nCoV Wuhan Strain — National Pathogen Resource Center, China, 2020
Qiang Wei, Yanhai Wang, Juncai Ma, Jun Hyun Han, Mengnan Jiang, Li Zhao, Fei Ye, Jingdong Song, Bo Liu, Linhuan Wu, Wenjie Tan, Guizhen Wu, George F. Gao, Jianjun Liu
Abstract
The recent outbreak of novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (NCIP) in China (1) has attracted much attention domestically and internationally. As the outbreak occurred, China carried out emergency responses quickly, notified the World Health Organization (WHO) in a timely manner, and shared the viral gene sequence with international communities immediately after pathogenic identification.
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