Novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19): The first two patients in the UK with person to person transmission

Journal of Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 578-606

  Lillie, Patrick J ^a   Samson, Anda ^a   Li, Ang ^b   Adams, Kate ^a   Capstick, Richard ^b   Barlow, Gavin D ^a,c   Easom, Nicholas ^a   Hamilton, Eve ^b   Moss, Peter J ^a   Evans, Adam ^b   Ivan, Monica ^a   PHE Incident Team, ^d   Taha, Yusri ^b   Duncan, Christopher J A ^b,e   Schmid, Matthias L ^b   the Airborne HCID Network, ^f  

^a HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Airborne HCID Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; HYPOCHLORITE; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALAISE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHILIA; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SORE THROAT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRINAE; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85082460492     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.020     Document Type: Letter

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