Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 80; no. 6; pp. 656 - 665
• Main Authors: Fu, Leiwen, Wang, Bingyi, Yuan, Tanwei, Chen, Xiaoting, Ao, Yunlong, Fitzpatrick, Thomas, Li, Peiyang, Zhou, Yiguo, Lin, Yi-fan, Duan, Qibin, Luo, Ganfeng, Fan, Song, Lu, Yong, Feng, Anping, Zhan, Yuewei, Liang, Bowen, Cai, Weiping, Zhang, Lin, Du, Xiangjun, Li, Linghua, Shu, Yuelong, Zou, Huachun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020; The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: China - epidemiology; Clinical characteristics; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; COVID-19; Humans; Meta-analysis; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Risk Factors; Systematic review; China; COVID-19; Clinical characteristics; Systematic review; Meta-analysis

To better inform efforts to treat and control the current outbreak with a comprehensive characterization of COVID-19. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CNKI (Chinese Database) for studies published as of March 2, 2020, and we searched references of identified articles. Studies were rev...