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How coronavirus disease 2019 entered Africa and the Middle East: a case study from Egypt
BACKGROUND: We report the first person with SARS-CoV-2 in Egypt. METHODS: We interviewed the index case and contacts. RESULTS: The 36-year old man was healthy when he traveled on business to Wuhan, China in January 2020. Upon his return to Cairo, he became ill, went to work, and subsequent autochtho...
Autores principales: | Khattab, Nourhan M, Vermund, Sten H, Hu, Yifei |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32785588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa065 |
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