Abstract

In December 2019, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and spread across China and beyond. On February 12, 2020, the World Health Organization officially named the disease caused by the novel coronavirus as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Because most patients infected with COVID-19 had pneumonia and characteristic CT imaging patterns, radiologic examinations have become vital in early diagnosis and the assessment of disease course. To date, CT findings have been recommended as major evidence for clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 in Hubei, China. This review focuses on the etiology, epidemiology, and clinical symptoms of COVID-19 while highlighting the role of chest CT in prevention and disease control.

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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PneumoniaCoronavirusOutbreakDiseaseEpidemiologyChinaEtiologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakIntensive care medicineVirologyPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicine

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingChinaClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsDiagnosisDifferentialEarly DiagnosisHumansPandemicsPneumoniaViralSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexTomographyX-Ray Computed

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Year
2020
Type
review
Volume
296
Issue
2
Pages
E15-E25
Citations
2129
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Ziyue Zu, Meng Jiang, Peng Xu et al. (2020). Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Perspective from China. Radiology , 296 (2) , E15-E25. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020200490

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10.1148/radiol.2020200490
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32083985
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PMC7233368

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