Characteristics of Respiratory Virus Infection During the Outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Beijing
20 Pages Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Yan Li
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Department of Emergency Medicine
Jiangshan Wang
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Department of Emergency Medicine
Abstract
Background: 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is spreading in China and the disease was named as COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019”. However, other respiratory viruses also cause similar symptoms as COVID-19 does. Here, we summarized the composition of pathogens in fever clinic patients and analyzed characteristics of different respiratory viruses infection.
Methods: Retrospectively collected patients with definite etiological results using nasal and pharyngeal swabs in fever clinic. Epidemiologic features, clinical presentation, laboratory findings and image features were collected and analyzed.