Clinical progression of patients with COVID-19 in Shanghai, China

In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown origins occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.1 Thanks to the high-throughput sequencing technology, the pathogen that caused this series of pneumonia was soon identified.2,3 This novel beta coronavirus is now named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).4 The disease is also named 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-2019).4

Source: Journal of Infection - March 10, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jun Chen, Tangkai Qi, Li Liu, Yun Ling, Zhiping Qian, Tao Li, Feng Li, Qingnian Xu, Yuyi Zhang, Shuibao Xu, Zhigang Song, Yigang Zeng, Yinzhong Shen, Yuxin Shi, Tongyu Zhu, Hongzhou Lu Source Type: research