Updating the diagnostic criteria of COVID-19 "suspected case" and "confirmed case" is necessary

Military Medical Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Wang, Yun Yun ^a   Jin, Ying Hui ^a   Ren, Xue Qun ^b   Li, Yi Rong ^a,c   Zhang, Xiao Chun ^a,c   Zeng, Xian Tao ^a   Wang, Xing Huan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

2019 nCoV; COVID 19; Diagnosis; Guideline; Novel coronavirus; Prevention; SARS CoV 2; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BETACORONAVIRUS; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

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

EID: 85083041580     PISSN: 20957467     EISSN: 20549369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40779-020-00245-9     Document Type: Article

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