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Human Coronavirus Infections—Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and SARS-CoV-2
David S.C. Hui,David S.C. Hui,Esam I. Azhar,Adhi Priamarizki,Ziad A. Memish,Rebyency banne padang,Alimuddin Zumla +6 more
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Early recognition of cases, improved compliance with internationally recommended infection control protocols, and rapid implementation of infection control measures are required to prevent health care facility-associated outbreaks, and in the case of SARS-CoV-2 for control of community spread as well.Citations
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Lack of Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV in Poultry
David L. Suarez,Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood,David E. Swayne,Scott A. Lee,Suzanne M DeBlois,Erica Spackman +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that poultry are unlikely to serve a role in maintenance of either coronavirus, and no virus replication and no serum antibodies were detected.
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Vision of China's future urban construction reform: in the perspective of comprehensive prevention and control for multi disasters
TL;DR: This paper aims to provide a reference for the prevention and control of future city epidemics and disasters in responding to strategies of urban planning and design by considering the reform of urban construction related regulations, further to facilitate creation of healthy and safe urban environments.
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Serologic Responses in Healthy Adult with SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection, Hong Kong, August 2020.
Paul K.S. Chan,Grace Lui,Asmaa Hachim,Ronald L.W. Ko,Siaw Shi Boon,Timothy Li,Niloufar Kavian,Fion Luk,Zigui Chen,Emily M Yau,Kin Hang Chan,Chi-Hang Tsang,Samuel M.S. Cheng,Daniel K.W. Chu,Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera,Wendy C. S. Ho,Apple C.M. Yeung,Chit Chow,Leo L.M. Poon,Sophie A. Valkenburg,David S.C. Hui,Malik Peiris +21 more
TL;DR: In March 2020, mild signs and symptoms of coronavirus disease developed in a healthy 33-year-old man in Hong Kong, suggesting that persons without a robust neutralizing antibody response might be at risk for reinfection.
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Update and Recommendations for Ocular Manifestations of COVID-19 in Adults and Children: A Narrative Review.
Veena Danthuluri,Maria B. Grant +1 more
TL;DR: It is highlighted the importance of recognizing conjunctivitis as an early finding of COVID-19, and that testing or appropriate follow-up could be beneficial in both the pediatric and adult populations.
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Wei-jie Guan,Zhengyi Ni,Yu Hu,Wenhua Liang,Chun-Quan Ou,Jianxing He,Lei Liu,Hong Shan,Chunliang Lei,David S.C. Hui,Bin Du,Lanjuan Li,Guang Zeng,Kowk-Yung Yuen,Ruchong Chen,Chun-Li Tang,Tao Wang,Ping-Yan Chen,Jie Xiang,Shiyue Li,Jinlin Wang,Zi-jing Liang,Yi-xiang Peng,Li Wei,Yong Liu,Ya-hua Hu,Peng Peng,Jian-ming Wang,Ji-yang Liu,Zhong Chen,Gang Li,Zhi-jian Zheng,Shao-qin Qiu,Jie Luo,Chang-jiang Ye,Shao-yong Zhu,Nanshan Zhong +36 more
TL;DR: During the first 2 months of the current outbreak, Covid-19 spread rapidly throughout China and caused varying degrees of illness, and patients often presented without fever, and many did not have abnormal radiologic findings.
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Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia
Ali Moh Zaki,Sander van Boheemen,Theo M. Bestebroer,Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,Ron A. M. Fouchier +4 more
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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The epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) in China
TL;DR: The COVID-19 epidemic has spread very quickly and only took 30 days to expand from Hubei to the rest of Mainland China, with many people returning from a long holiday, China needs to prepare for the possible rebound of the epidemic.
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Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.
Wendong Li,Zhengli Shi,Meng Yu,Wuze Ren,Craig Smith,Jonathan H. Epstein,Hanzhong Wang,Gary Crameri,Zhihong Hu,Huajun Zhang,Jianhong Zhang,Jennifer A. McEachern,Hume Field,Peter Daszak,Bryan T. Eaton,Shuyi Zhang,Lin-Fa Wang +16 more
TL;DR: It is reported that species of bats are a natural host of coronaviruses closely related to those responsible for the SARS outbreak, and these viruses display greater genetic variation than SARS-CoV isolated from humans or from civets.
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A Major Outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Hong Kong
Nelson Lee,David S.C. Hui,Alan Wu,Paul K.S. Chan,Peter Cameron,Gavin M. Joynt,Anil T. Ahuja,Man Yee Yung,Chi-Bon Leung,Ka Fai To,Siu F. Lui,Cheuk-Chun Szeto,S.C.Sydney Chung,Joseph J.Y. Sung +13 more
TL;DR: SARS is a serious respiratory illness that led to significant morbidity and mortality in this cohort of 138 cases of suspected SARS during a hospital outbreak in Hong Kong.