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Review
. 2021 Jun;21(6):658.
doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.10090. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Facing coronavirus disease 2019: What do we know so far? (Review)

Qie Guo  1 , Wen Xu  1 , Pan-Feng Wang  1 , Hong-Yan Ji  1 , Xiao-Lei Zhang  1 , Kai Wang  1 , Jing Li  1
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Facing coronavirus disease 2019: What do we know so far? (Review)

Qie Guo et al. Exp Ther Med. 2021 Jun.

Abstract

Although the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which originated in China, as a public health emergency of international concern as early as January 30, 2020, the current COVID-19 epidemic is spreading rapidly. As of April 19, 2020, total of 2,392,165 confirmed cases had been reported in 211 countries and regions, with 614,421 (25.68%) cured cases and 164,391 (6.87%) deaths. Scientists and clinicians have made great efforts to learn much about COVID-19 so that it can be controlled as soon as possible. Herein, this review will discuss the epidemiology, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 based on the current evidence.

Keywords: coronavirus; coronavirus disease 2019; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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