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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 3. pii: S1201-9712(20)30192-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059. [Epub ahead of print]
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): From Causes to Preventions in Hong Kong.
Law S[SUP]1[/SUP], Leung AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Xu C[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20[SUP]th[/SUP] of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Causes; Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); Diagnosis; Hong Kong; Preventions; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Symptoms; Transmissions; Treatments
PMID:32251790DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): From Causes to Preventions in Hong Kong.
Law S[SUP]1[/SUP], Leung AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Xu C[SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20[SUP]th[/SUP] of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Causes; Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); Diagnosis; Hong Kong; Preventions; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); Symptoms; Transmissions; Treatments
PMID:32251790DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059