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Epidemiology, clinical characteristics of the first cases of COVID-19.
Liu, Jialin; Liu, Siru; Wei, Hailong; Yang, Xi.
  • Liu J; Department of Information Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.
  • Liu S; Department of Otolaryngology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Wei H; Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
  • Yang X; Department of Pulmonary and Critical care medicine, People's Hospital of Leshan, Sichuan, China.
Eur J Clin Invest ; 50(10): e13364, 2020 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | 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.
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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Viaje / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Tiempo de Internación Tipo de estudio: Estudio observacional / Estudio pronóstico / Revisiones Límite: Adulto / Anciano / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino / Middle aged / Young_adult País/Región como asunto: America del Norte / America del Sur / Asia / Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Eur J Clin Invest Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Eci.13364

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Texto completo: Disponible Colección: Bases de datos internacionales Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neumonía Viral / Viaje / Infecciones por Coronavirus / Tiempo de Internación Tipo de estudio: Estudio observacional / Estudio pronóstico / Revisiones Límite: Adulto / Anciano / Femenino / Humanos / Masculino / Middle aged / Young_adult País/Región como asunto: America del Norte / America del Sur / Asia / Europa Idioma: Inglés Revista: Eur J Clin Invest Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Eci.13364