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We thank Dr. Gary Wong for critical review of the manuscript. This work was supported by Major Special Projects for Infectious Disease Research of China (2016ZX10004222-003), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81401312, 81373141), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81321063 to George F. Gao).
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Han, M., Gu, J., Gao, G.F. et al. China in action: national strategies to combat against emerging infectious diseases. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 1383–1385 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9141-3
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