Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings of the COVID-19 in the current pandemic: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 640 - 12
• Main Authors: Xie, Yewei, Wang, Zaisheng, Liao, Huipeng, Marley, Gifty, Wu, Dan, Tang, Weiming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.08.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Age Factors; Aged; Anorexia; Betacoronavirus - physiology; Body temperature; Clinical spectrum; Comorbidity; Comparative analysis; Complications; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - mortality; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; Cough; Cough - epidemiology; COVID-19; Demography; Disease control; Disease Progression; Disease transmission; Dyspnea; Dyspnea - epidemiology; Emigration; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fatigue - epidemiology; Female; Females; Fever; Fever - epidemiology; Health aspects; Health facilities; Hospitals; Households; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Investigations; Laboratories; Laboratory findings; Leukopenia; Lymphopenia; Lymphopenia - epidemiology; Male; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medical supplies; Meta-analysis; Nature history; Opacity; Pandemics; Pathogens; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - mortality; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Respiration; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - epidemiology; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sex Factors; Signs and symptoms; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Viral diseases; Italy; United States > US; China; Spain; COVID-19; Clinical spectrum; Nature history; Epidemiology; Laboratory findings

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world deeply, with more than 14,000,000 people infected and nearly 600,000 deaths. This review aimed to summarize the epidemiologic traits, clinical spectrum, CT results and laboratory findings of the COVID-19 pandemic. We scoped for relevant literatures publis...