Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020 - PubMed
Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020
Licia Bordi et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Feb.
Abstract
A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been identified as the causative pathogen of an ongoing outbreak of respiratory disease, now named COVID-19. Most cases and sustained transmission occurred in China, but travel-associated cases have been reported in other countries, including Europe and Italy. Since the symptoms are similar to other respiratory infections, differential diagnosis in travellers arriving from countries with wide-spread COVID-19 must include other more common infections such as influenza and other respiratory tract diseases.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; differential diagnosis; rapid molecular assay; respiratory pathogens.
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Origin (region) and number of patients tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, Rome, Italy, 21 January–7 February 2020, (n = 126)
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