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. 2020 Mar 14;14(2):113–116. doi: 10.1007/s11684-020-0758-9

Back to the spring of 2020: facts and hope of COVID-19 outbreak

Guangbiao Zhou 1,✉, Saijuan Chen 2,✉, Zhu Chen 2
PMCID: PMC7089213  PMID: 32172487

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Guangbiao Zhou, Saijuan Chen, and Zhu Chen declare no conflict of interests. This manuscript does not involve a research protocol requiring approval by the relevant institutional review board or ethics committee.

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Saijuan Chen, Email: sjchen@stn.sh.cn.

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