Epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestation and diagnosis, prevention and control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during the early outbreak period: a scoping review

• Main Authors: Sasmita Poudel Adhikari (Author), Sha Meng (Author), Yu-Ju Wu (Author), Yu-Ping Mao (Author), Rui-Xue Ye (Author), Qing-Zhi Wang (Author), Chang Sun (Author), Sean Sylvia (Author), Scott Rozelle (Author), Hein Raat (Author), Huan Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China beginning in December 2019. As of 31 January 2020, this epidemic had spread to 19 countries with 11 791 confirmed cases, including 213 deaths....