Features and significance of the recent enormous COVID-19 epidemic in China.

Journal of Medical VirologyVolume 95, Issue 3 e28616 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Features and significance of the recent enormous COVID-19 epidemic in China Ji-Ming Chen, Corresponding Author Ji-Ming Chen [email protected] School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, China Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHuan-Yu Gong, Huan-Yu Gong School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorRui-Xu Chen, Rui-Xu Chen School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorSi-Tong Liu, Si-Tong Liu Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorMing-Hui Sun, Ming-Hui Sun School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorGuo-Hui Li, Guo-Hui Li School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorTing-Ting Yang, Corresponding Author Ting-Ting Yang [email protected] Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJi-Wang Chen, Corresponding Author Ji-Wang Chen [email protected] Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Ji-Ming Chen, Corresponding Author Ji-Ming Chen [email protected] School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, China Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHuan-Yu Gong, Huan-Yu Gong School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorRui-Xu Chen, Rui-Xu Chen School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorSi-Tong Liu, Si-Tong Liu Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorMing-Hui Sun, Ming-Hui Sun School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorGuo-Hui Li, Guo-Hui Li School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorTing-Ting Yang, Corresponding Author Ting-Ting Yang [email protected] Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorJi-Wang Chen, Corresponding Author Ji-Wang Chen [email protected] Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence Ji-Ming Chen, School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528225, China. Email: [email protected] Ting-Ting Yang, Department of Nosocomial Infection Control, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China. Email: [email protected] Ji-Wang Chen, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. 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