2020 Preprint
Clinical characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infection in China
Abstract: Background: Since December 2019, acute respiratory disease (ARD) due to 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerged in Wuhan city and rapidly spread throughout China. We sought to delineate the clinical characteristics of these cases. Methods:We extracted the data on 1,099 patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV ARD from 552 hospitals in 31 provinces/provincial municipalities through January 29 th , 2020. Results:The median age was 47.0 years, and 41.90% were females. Only 1.18% of patients had a direct co…
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“…After pooling data and fitting gamma distribution, we estimated that the median incubation period was 7.2 days. However, our results showed a difference from other researches (Backer et al, 2020;Guan et al, 2020;Ki & nCo, 2020;Li et al, 2020), of which the median incubation period ranged from 3.0 to 6.4 days. Most articles did not announce their calculation methods, and the cases used to calculate in these articles were mainly travellers (Backer et al, 2020;Ki & nCo, 2020;Li et al, 2020).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…After pooling data and fitting gamma distribution, we estimated that the median incubation period was 7.2 days. However, our results showed a difference from other researches (Backer et al, 2020;Guan et al, 2020;Ki & nCo, 2020;Li et al, 2020), of which the median incubation period ranged from 3.0 to 6.4 days. Most articles did not announce their calculation methods, and the cases used to calculate in these articles were mainly travellers (Backer et al, 2020;Ki & nCo, 2020;Li et al, 2020).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…Radiologically, most common signs on CT scan were bilateral ground-glass or patchy opacity. [1][2][3][4] This is consistent with what we observed in our report (Figures 1-3). The distribution of the opacity in the lung was not different between severe and nonsevere patients.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…The incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms was 39.6% in our report, which is much higher than that reported by Huang and Guan, but similar as Wang's study. Radiologically, most common signs on CT scan were bilateral ground‐glass or patchy opacity . This is consistent with what we observed in our report (Figures 1‐3).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…To date, this report is the largest case series of hospitalized patients with COVID‐19 in northeast Chongqing. There was no significant difference in the proportion of male and female patients, and infection in children was rare, which was inconsistent with the results of a study performed by Zhong et al 6 Their results showed that males were more likely to be infected than females 6 . A total of 83.7% of the patients included in this study had contact history in Wuhan, had been to Wuhan, or had contact with people from Wuhan, which again verified the conclusion of human to human transmission 7 .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 95%
