Epidemiology, clinical characteristics of the first cases of COVID-19.
Eur J Clin Invest
; 50(10): e13364, 2020 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-684466
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 is currently the most urgent threat to public health in the world. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the first cases of COVID-19 to make further improvements in health policies and prevention measurements in response to the outbreak of COVID-19.METHODS:
We performed a search in PubMed, the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), Web of Science and the WHO database of publications on COVID-19 for peer-reviewed papers from 1 December 2019 to 9 July 2020. We analysed the demographics, epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, signs and symptoms of the disease at the onset.RESULTS:
We identified the first cases of COVID-19 in 16 different countries/regions from Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Of these 16 cases, 8 (50.0%) were male, with a mean of age 43.38 ± 15.19 years. All the cases had a history of travel or exposure. Twelve cases (75.0%) occurred in January, eight patients were Chinese, two patients were international students in Wuhan, one patient had a history of travelling in Wuhan, and one patient was in contact with Chinese patient. The longest hospital stay was 24 days (1 patient), and the shortest was 5 days (1 patient). The usual hospital stay was 9 days (4 patients).CONCLUSION:
Understanding the epidemiological characteristics, clinical characteristics, and diagnosis and treatment of the first patients in various countries are of great significance for the identification, prevention and control of COVID-19.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Travel
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Coronavirus Infections
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Length of Stay
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
North America
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South America
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Asia
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Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Clin Invest
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Eci.13364
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