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Review
. 2020 May:94:156-163.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): From causes to preventions in Hong Kong

Siukan Law  1 , Albert Wingnang Leung  2 , Chuanshan Xu  3
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): From causes to preventions in Hong Kong

Siukan Law et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May.

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 20th 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.

Keywords: Causes; Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); Diagnosis; Hong Kong; Preventions; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Symptoms; Transmission; Treatments.

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Infected cases in different age groups.
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Identity for the confirmed cases.
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Infection number of reported, discharged and deceased persons.
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Infection of accumulated reported, accumulated discharged and total deceased persons.
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