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COVID-19 causes

Introduction

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Overview

Overview

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Causes

Causes

References

References

  1. ↑ Velavan, Thirumalaisamy P.; Meyer, Christian G. (2020). “The COVID‐19 epidemic”. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 25 (3): 278–280. doi:10.1111/tmi.13383. ISSN 1360-2276.
  2. ↑ Hu, Zhiliang; Song, Ci; Xu, Chuanjun; Jin, Guangfu; Chen, Yaling; Xu, Xin; Ma, Hongxia; Chen, Wei; Lin, Yuan; Zheng, Yishan; Wang, Jianming; Hu, Zhibin; Yi, Yongxiang; Shen, Hongbing (2020). “Clinical characteristics of 24 asymptomatic infections with COVID-19 screened among close contacts in Nanjing, China”. Science China Life Sciences. doi:10.1007/s11427-020-1661-4. ISSN 1674-7305.
  3. ↑ Zou, Lirong; Ruan, Feng; Huang, Mingxing; Liang, Lijun; Huang, Huitao; Hong, Zhongsi; Yu, Jianxiang; Kang, Min; Song, Yingchao; Xia, Jinyu; Guo, Qianfang; Song, Tie; He, Jianfeng; Yen, Hui-Ling; Peiris, Malik; Wu, Jie (2020). “SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Upper Respiratory Specimens of Infected Patients”. New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMc2001737. ISSN 0028-4793.
  4. ↑ Porcheddu R, Serra C, Kelvin D, Kelvin N, Rubino S (February 2020). “Similarity in Case Fatality Rates (CFR) of COVID-19/SARS-COV-2 in Italy and China”. J Infect Dev Ctries. 14 (2): 125–128. doi:10.3855/jidc.12600. PMID 32146445 Check |pmid= value (help).
  5. ↑ https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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