The Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection in Changsha, China
14 Pages Posted: 13 Feb 2020
Yi Shi Li Liu
Hunan Normal University - Department of Infectious Disease
Dongcui Zhang
Hunan Normal University - Department of Infectious Disease
Abstract
Background: 2019 novel coronavirus infection is high epidemical in China from January 2020. It is very important to detect it rapidly because of its high infectivity. We aimed to know the sensitivity of real-time RT-PCR assay, clarify more about the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 2019-nCoV infection outside Wuhan.
Method: In this retrospective study,we included all suspected cases in Hunan Provincial people's hospital from 8th January to 8th February 2020. All cases were detected by real-time RT-PCR assay. We analysed the sensitivity of real-time RT-PCR assay, and observed the epidemiological and clinical characteristic of confirmed cases.