COVID-19 and the 1918 influenza pandemics: a concise overview and lessons from the past
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Even the public health sector experts could not anticipate that the virus would spread rapidly to create the worst worldwid...
Main Authors: | Asghar Madiha, Din Misbahud, Waris Abdul, Yasin Muhammad Talha, Zohra Tanzeel, Zia Muhammad |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021-10-01
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Series: | Open Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/openhe-2021-0003 |
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