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. 2020 Jul-Aug:36:101625.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101625. Epub 2020 Mar 14.

Comparison of clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as experienced in Taiwan

Yu-Jang Su  1 , Yen-Chun Lai  2
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Comparison of clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as experienced in Taiwan

Yu-Jang Su et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

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    From our data, we know 2019-nCoV invades more common in male, not likely the SARS that is female predominant.

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    The 2019-nCoV patients are around 20 years older than the population of SARS. Young adults are susceptible to SARS than the children and elderly.

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    Hypoalbuminemia are noted in SARS patients, it needs a longer time to study whether the 2019-nCoV possesses the same presentation.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Laboratory characteristics; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2; Symptoms.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Gender and age relationship in COVID-19, SARS cases.
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