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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19): The epidemic and the challenges.

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Among patients with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus pneumonia or Wuhan pneumonia), fever was the most common symptom, followed by cough, and bilateral lung involvement with ground-glass opacity was themost common finding from computed tomography images of the chest.
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This article is published in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents.The article was published on 2020-02-17 and is currently open access. It has received 4318 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pneumonia & Outbreak.

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Network Analysis of Population Flow among Major Cities and Its Influence on COVID-19 Transmission in China.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a new methodology to uncover the topology and evolution of the population flow and understand its influence on the early dynamics of COVID-19 transmission in China.
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The race to treat COVID-19: Potential therapeutic agents for the prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review has been presented which discusses the structure and the activity of numerous molecules exhibiting promising SARS-CoV-2 and other CoVs inhibition activities, and the review offers an overview of the structure, a plausible mechanism of action, and crucial structural features substantial to inhibit the primary virus-based and host-based targets involved in SARS CoV2 treatment.
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Data analysis of coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic in South Korea based on recovered and death cases.

TL;DR: This research statistically analyzed the effect of sex, region, infection reasons, birth year, and released or diseased date on the reported numbers of recovered and deceased cases to fill a gap between previous studies and the current development of CoVID‐19 spreading.
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Choosing a hospital assistance ship to fight the covid-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: The Thor 2 multi-criteria decision-aid method is applied to select the Brazilian navy's most suitable hospital care vessel (NAsH) to support the fight against the covid-19 pandemic, conferring greater transparency and reliability to the decision-making process.
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Potential Zoonotic Origins of SARS-CoV-2 and Insights for Preventing Future Pandemics Through One Health Approach

TL;DR: Important importance must be given for swift identification of the pathogen, source, and transmission methods of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 and pangolins are considered the most likely intermediate hosts.
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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019.

TL;DR: Human airway epithelial cells were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which formed a clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily, which is the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans.
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A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

TL;DR: Identification and characterization of a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China, and it is shown that this virus belongs to the species of SARSr-CoV, indicates that the virus is related to a bat coronav virus.
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Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China.

TL;DR: The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)-infected pneumonia in Wuhan, China, and hospital-associated transmission as the presumed mechanism of infection for affected health professionals and hospitalized patients are described.
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

TL;DR: 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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