Quantifying the association between domestic travel and the exportation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, China in 2020: a correlational analysis.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7107546 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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Quantifying the association between domestic travel and the exportation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, China in 2020: a correlational analysis.
Zhao Shi S Zhuang Zian Z Cao Peihua P Ran Jinjun J Gao Daozhou D Lou Yijun Y Yang Lin L Cai Yongli Y Wang Weiming W He Daihai D Wang Maggie H MH
Journal of travel medicine 20200301 2
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