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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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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2020-01-30 and is currently open access. It has received 16282 citations till now.

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First environmental surveillance for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and river water in Japan

TL;DR: Comparison with the reported COVID-19 cases in Yamanashi Prefecture showed that SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the secondary-treated wastewater sample when the cases peaked in the community.
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The experience of high-flow nasal cannula in hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in two hospitals of Chongqing, China

TL;DR: It is indicated that HFNC was the most common ventilation support for patients with NCIP, and two out of seven (29%) patients with NIV as rescue therapy ultimately received intubation.
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Explaining among-country variation in COVID-19 case fatality rate.

TL;DR: The role of comorbidity and socio-economic factors as possible drivers of COVID-19 case fatality rate at the population level is emphasized and several factors associated with temporal changes in casefatality rate are found.
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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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