Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has spread globally with sustained human-to-human transmission outside China.

Objective

To report the initial experience in Singapore with the epidemiologic investigation of this outbreak, clinical features, and management.

Design, setting, and participants

Descriptive case series of the first 18 patients diagnosed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at 4 hospitals in Singapore from January 23 to February 3, 2020; final follow-up date was February 25, 2020.

Exposures

Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Main outcomes and measures

Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data were collected, including PCR cycle thres

SUBMITTER: Young BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7054855 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature