Abstract
Panic abandonment of household pets during the COVID-19 pandemic is not justified.
Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, pandemic, household pets
letter . 2020 Apr 9:taaa046. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa046
COVID-19 pandemic: stop panic abandonment of household pets
Qiao Huang
1, Xiang Zhan
2, Xian-Tao Zeng
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Qiao Huang, MPH
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Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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Xiang Zhan, BE
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Department of Information, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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Xian-Tao Zeng, MD, MPH, PhD
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Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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Department of Information, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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Corresponding author: Dr. Xian-Tao Zeng (zengxiantao1128@163.com), Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, 169 Donghu Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan City 430071, Hubei Province, China.
Received 2020 Mar 20; Revised 2020 Mar 27; Accepted 2020 Mar 30.
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