2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taiwan: Reports of two cases from Wuhan, China
Wei-Hsuan Huang, Ling-Chiao Teng, Ting‐Kuang Yeh, Yu-Jen Chen, Wei-Jung Lo, Ming-Ju Wu, Chun-Shih Chin, Yu‐Tse Tsan, Tzu‐Chieh Lin, Jyh‐Wen Chai, Chin-Fu Lin, Chien-Hao Tseng, Chia-Wei Liu, Chi-Mei Wu, Po-Yen Chen, Zhi-Yuan Shi, Po‐Yu Liu
Abstract
We reported two cases with community-acquired pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who returned from Wuhan, China in January, 2020. The reported cases highlight non-specific clinical presentations of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as well as the importance of rapid laboratory-based diagnosis.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PneumoniaCoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakChinaDiseaseMedicineBetacoronavirusAtypical pneumoniaVirologySars virusOutbreakGeographyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineArchaeologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AISARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research