The importance of distinguishing COVID-19 from more common respiratory illnesses.
Epidemiol Infect
; 148: e195, 2020 09 02.
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| ID: mdl-32873360
ABSTRACT
We recruited 1591 patients who presented to our fever clinics from 23 January 2020 to 16 February 2020. The different imaging findings between COVID-19 pneumonia and influenza A viruses, influenza B virus pneumonia were also investigated. Most patients were infected by influenza A and B viruses in the flu-season. A laboratory kit is urgently needed to test different viruses simultaneously. Computed tomography can help early screen suspected patients with COVID-19 and differentiate different virus-related pneumonia.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Humans
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En
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Epidemiol Infect
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article