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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

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Characteristics of patients who died were in line with the MuLBSTA score, an early warning model for predicting mortality in viral pneumonia, and further investigation is needed to explore the applicability of the Mu LBSTA scores in predicting the risk of mortality in 2019-nCoV infection.
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A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors derived an indoor safety guideline that would impose an upper bound on the cumulative exposure time, the product of the number of occupants and their time in an enclosed space, and demonstrate how this bound depends on the rates of ventilation and air filtration, dimensions of the room, breathing rate, respiratory activity and face mask use of its occupants.
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Abnormalities of peripheral blood system in patients with COVID-19 in Wenzhou, China.

TL;DR: Dynamic surveillance of peripheral blood system especially eosinophils is helpful in the prediction of severe COVID-19 cases.
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The Novel Coronavirus: A Bird's Eye View

TL;DR: An overview of the currently available information on the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of the 2019-nCoV virus is presented.
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Elevated Troponin in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: Possible Mechanisms.

TL;DR: High troponin levels are associated with increased mortality in patients with COVID-19, implicating myocardial injury as a possible pathogenic mechanism contributing to severe illness and mortality.
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Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia

TL;DR: The clinical picture was remarkably similar to that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 and reminds us that animal coronaviruses can cause severe disease in humans.
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Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

TL;DR: The viral factors that enabled the emergence of diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome are explored and the diversity and potential of bat-borne coronaviruses are highlighted.
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