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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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Relationship between the ABO Blood Group and the COVID-19 Susceptibility

TL;DR: Comparison of the ABO blood group distribution with COVID-19 confirmed by SARS-CoV-2 test from three hospitals in Wuhan and Shenzhen, China with that in normal people from the corresponding regions showed that blood group A was associated with a higher risk for acquiring CO VID-19 compared with non-A blood groups, whereas blood group O wasassociated with a lower risk for the infection compared withNon-O blood groups.
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Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Impairs Dendritic Cell and T Cell Responses

TL;DR: Investigating 17 acute and 24 convalescent patients found that acute SARS-CoV-2 infection resulted in broad immune cell reduction including T, NK, monocyte and dendritic cell (DC) and DCs were significantly reduced with functional impairment, and cDC:pDC ratios were increased among acute severe patients.
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Fungal Co-infections Associated with Global COVID-19 Pandemic: A Clinical and Diagnostic Perspective from China.

TL;DR: A clinical flow diagram is provided to assist the clinicians and laboratory experts in the management of aspergillosis, candidiasis, mucormycosis, or cryptococcosis as co-morbidities in COVID-19 patients.
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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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