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Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China

Zunyou Wu, Jennifer M. McGoogan

JAMA · 2020 · 18K citations · 8 references

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This Viewpoint summarizes key epidemiologic and clinical findings from all cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported through February 11, 2020, in mainland China, and case trends in response to government attempts to control and contain the infection.

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Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak

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SARS to novel coronavirus – old lessons and new lessons

Brian McCloskey · Epidemiology and Infection · 2020 · 245 citations · Full text

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2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate – a word of caution

Manuel Battegay, Richard Küehl, Sarah Tschudin‐Sutter et al. · Swiss Medical Weekly · 2020 · 223 citations · Full text

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