Epidemiology of the first 100 cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan and its implications on outbreak control

• Published in: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association Vol. 119; no. 11; pp. 1601 - 1607
• Main Authors: Tsou, Tsung-Pei, Chen, Wan-Chin, Huang, Angela Song-En, Chang, Shan-Chwen, Su, Chia-Ping, Lee, Pin-Hui, Chan, Pei-Chun, Wu, Hao-Hsin, Huang, Shih-Tse, Su, Wei-Ju, Su, Ying-Shih, Wei, Hsin-Yi, Chen, Meng-Yu, Wu, Pei-Yuan, Wang, Kung-Chin, Tsai, Huai-Te, Lee, Hsin-Chun, Hung, Min-Nan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Elsevier B.V 01.11.2020; Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Clinical Laboratory Techniques - methods; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - prevention & control; Contact Tracing - statistics & numerical data; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; COVID-19; COVID-19 Testing; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pandemics - statistics & numerical data; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Quarantine - organization & administration; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Survival Rate; Taiwan; Taiwan - epidemiology; Taiwan; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Epidemiology; Taiwan

To describe the epidemiology and outcome of the first 100 COVID-19 cases in Taiwan. We included the first 100 patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Taiwan. Demographic, clinical, epidemiological and laboratory data were extracted from outbreak investigation reports and medical r...