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. 2020 May 6;102(9):734-744.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.20.00396.

Novel Coronavirus COVID-19: Current Evidence and Evolving Strategies

Christopher Vannabouathong  1 , Tahira Devji  1 , Seper Ekhtiari  1   2 , Yaping Chang  1 , Steven A Phillips  1 , Meng Zhu  1 , Zain Chagla  2 , Cheryl Main  2 , Mohit Bhandari  1   2
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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19: Current Evidence and Evolving Strategies

Christopher Vannabouathong et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. .
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Timeline of important COVID-19 events.
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Hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and case-fatality percentages for reported COVID-19 cases, by age group in the United States from February 12, 2020, to March 16, 2020. (Reproduced from: Severe outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] — United States, February 12–March 16, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 18 March 2020. Reference to specific commercial products, manufacturers, companies, or trademarks does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Government, Department of Health and Human Services, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at the agency website: https://www.cdc.gov/.)
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First and second waves of H1N1. (Reproduced from: Mummert A, Weiss H, Long L-P, Amigó JM, Wan X-F. A perspective on multiple waves of influenza pandemics. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 23;8[4]:e60343. © 2013 Mummert et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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Effect of social distancing from September 1918 to December 2018. (Adapted from: Hatchett RJ, Mecher CE, Lipsitch M. Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 1;104[18]:7582-7. Copyright (2007) by The National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. Freely available online through the PNAS open access option.)
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