The transmission and diagnosis of 2019 novel coronavirus infection disease (COVID-19): A Chinese perspective

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 639-644

  Han, Yu ^a   Yang, Hailan ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

COVID 19; diagnosis; novel coronavirus; SARS CoV 2; transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUARANTINE; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85081694707     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25749     Document Type: Article

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