A Generic Computer-Assisted Four-Pronged Approach for the Management of Emerging Global Pathogens: Some Comments on COVID-19

Author(s): Subhash C. Basak, Subhabrata Majumdar, Marjan Vracko, Ashesh Nandy, Apurba Bhattacharjee

Journal Name: Current Computer-Aided Drug Design

Volume 16 , Issue 4 , 2020


DOI : 10.2174/1573409916999200316102548

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VOLUME: 16
ISSUE: 4
Year: 2020
Published on: 02 September, 2020
Page: [351 - 353]
Pages: 3
DOI: 10.2174/1573409916999200316102548

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