The outbreak of COVID-19: An overview

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 217-220

  Wu, Yi Chi ^a   Chen, Ching Sung ^a   Chan, Yu Jiun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; COVID 19; Outbreak; Pneumonia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; REMDESIVIR; VIRUS VACCINE; COVID-19; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SORE THROAT; THORAX PAIN; VIROLOGY; ASIA; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ASIA; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85081350216     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000270     Document Type: Review

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