reviewJournal of Medical VirologyMar 14, 2020HYBRID OA

Coronavirus disease 2019: What we know?

Tongji Hospital · Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

In late December 2019, a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases has been reported in Wuhan, China. A few days later, the causative agent of this mysterious pneumonia was identified as a novel coronavirus. This causative virus has been temporarily named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the relevant infected disease has been named as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization, respectively. The COVID-19 epidemic is spreading in China and all over the world now. The purpose of this review is primarily to review the pathogen, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19, but also to comment briefly on the epidemiology and pathology based on the current…

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Keywords
  • Coronavirus
  • Pneumonia
  • Atypical pneumonia
  • Virology
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Epidemiology
  • Disease
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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