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Review
. 2020 Apr;48(2):155-163.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01401-y. Epub 2020 Feb 18.

2019 Novel coronavirus: where we are and what we know

Zhangkai J Cheng  1   2 , Jing Shan  3
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Review

2019 Novel coronavirus: where we are and what we know

Zhangkai J Cheng et al. Infection. 2020 Apr.

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Abstract

There is a current worldwide outbreak of a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which originated from Wuhan in China and has now spread to 17 other countries. Governments are under increased pressure to stop the outbreak 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 sites and from laboratories supporting the investigation. This paper aggregates and consolidates the virology, epidemiology, clinical management strategies from both English and Chinese literature, official news channels, and other official government documents. In addition, by fitting the number of infections with a single-term exponential model, we report that the infection is spreading at an exponential rate, with a doubling period of 1.8 days.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; China; Clinical guideline; Coronavirus; Epidemiology; Literature review; Literature survey; Novel coronavirus; Review; Virology; Wuhan.

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Conflict of interest statement

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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Number of confirmed cases, suspected cases, deaths, and cure in China over time. a Normal y-axis. b log-scale y-axis
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