Comparison of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, H7N9 and H1N1.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an urgent need to better understand the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), for that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. This paper was to differentiate COVID-19 from other respiratory infectious diseases such as avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) and influenza A (H1N1) virus infections.

Methods

We included patients who had been hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 (n = 83), H7N9 (n = 36), H1N1 (n = 44) viruses. Clinical presentation, chest CT features, and progression of patients were compared. We used the Logistic regression model to explore the possible risk factors.

Results

Both COVID-19 and H7N9 patients ha

SUBMITTER: Deng LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7707904 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature