Disparities in age-specific morbidity and mortality from sars-cov-2 in China and the republic of Korea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 15, 2020, Pages 863-865

  Dudley, Joseph P ^a   Lee, Nam Taek ^b  

^a FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age specific; China; Confirmed cases; Korea; SARS CoV 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85083249142     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa354     Document Type: Article

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