[Coronaviruses].

N Kuljić-Kapulica; A Budisin

PubMed · 1339074

[Coronaviruses].

Abstract

Corona viruses belong to a group of not yet well known viruses isolated in patients with infections of the upper respiratory organs, especially in winter months. It is presumed that they provoke about 15% - 20% of all infections. However, in the last years more attention has been paid to the role of human corona viruses in the provocation of sickness in man and they are becoming a special field of interest in scientific studies.

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Antibodies, Viral Coronaviridae Coronaviridae Infections Humans Infant Seasons Seroepidemiologic Studies Yugoslavia English Abstract Journal Article

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N Kuljić-Kapulica, A Budisin. [Coronaviruses].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1339074/

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