The Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Suspected and Confirmed Cases of Imported 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia in North Shanghai, China
28 Pages Posted: 20 Feb 2020
Shuanshuan Xie
Tongji University - Department of Respiratory Medicine
Guoliang Zhang
Tongji University - Department of Respiratory Medicine
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Abstract
Background: A recent cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan (China) is known to be caused by a novel beta-coronavirus named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and can be spread through human-to-human transmission. In this study, we reported the epidemiologic and clinical features of suspected and confirmed cases of imported 2019-nCoV in North Shanghai, China.
Methods: Data of 21 patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV and 84 patients with suspected 2019-nCoV were analyzed by RT-PCR. The epidemiologic and clinical features as well as clinical outcomes were compared between the confirmed and suspected cases.