Abstract

There is a current worldwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019; the pathogen called SARS-CoV-2; previously 2019-nCoV), which originated from Wuhan in China and has now spread to 6 continents including 66 countries, as of 24:00 on March 2, 2020. Governments are under increased pressure to stop the outbreak from spiraling into a global health emergency. At this stage, preparedness, transparency, and sharing of information are crucial to risk assessments and beginning outbreak control activities. This information should include reports from outbreak site and from laboratories supporting the investigation. This paper aggregates and consolidates the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatments and preventions of this new type of coronavirus.

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OutbreakPreparednessCoronavirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transparency (behavior)PandemicEpidemiology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineChinaGeographyEnvironmental healthMedical emergencyDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer securityPolitical scienceComputer sciencePathology

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19ChinaCoronavirus InfectionsDisease OutbreaksGlobal HealthHumansPandemicsPhylogenyPneumoniaViralSARS-CoV-2

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Year
2020
Type
review
Volume
94
Pages
44-48
Citations
1460
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Closed

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Di Wu, Tiantian Wu, Qun Liu et al. (2020). The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: What we know. International Journal of Infectious Diseases , 94 , 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.004

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10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.004
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32171952
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PMC7102543

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