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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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Does comorbidity increase the risk of patients with COVID-19: evidence from meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The meta-analysis revealed no correlation between increased risk of COVID-19 and liver disease, malignancy, or renal disease and Hypertension, diabetes, COPD, cardiovascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease are major risk factors for patients with CO VID-19.
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Transcriptomic characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in COVID-19 patients.

TL;DR: The results reveal distinct host inflammatory cytokine profiles to SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients, and highlight the association between COVID-19 pathogenesis and excessive cytokine release such as CCL2/MCP-1, CXCL10/IP-10, CCL3/MIP-1A, and CCL4/Mip1B.
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Functional Fear Predicts Public Health Compliance in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

TL;DR: A large international community sample was recruited to complete measures of self-perceived risk of contracting COVID-19, fear of the virus, moral foundations, political orientation, and behavior change in response to the pandemic, and the only predictor of positive behavior change was fear of COVID -19, with no effect of politically relevant variables.
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COVID-19 diagnosis and management: a comprehensive review.

TL;DR: An overview of the known clinical features and treatment options for COVID‐19 is provided and quarantine is the only intervention that appears to be effective in decreasing the contagion rate.
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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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