TY - JOUR
T1 - Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
T2 - From causes to preventions in Hong Kong
AU - Law, Siukan
AU - Leung, Albert Wingnang
AU - Xu, Chuanshan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s)
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20th of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
AB - Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20th of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
KW - Causes
KW - Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
KW - Diagnosis
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Preventions
KW - Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
KW - Symptoms
KW - Transmission
KW - Treatments
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083159861&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.059
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32251790
AN - SCOPUS:85083159861
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 94
SP - 156
EP - 163
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ER -
