Distinguishing the novel coronavirus from influenza

Journal of Paramedic PracticeVol. 12, No. 4 CommentDistinguishing the novel coronavirus from influenzaRay HigginsonRay HigginsonEmail for correspondence:E-mail Address: [email protected]Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South WalesSearch for more papers by this authorRay HigginsonPublished Online:8 Apr 2020https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2020.12.4.136AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Boniotti MB, Papetti A, Lavazza A. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016; 22(1):83–87. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.150544 Google ScholarCarter J, Saunders V. Virology: principles and applications. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 2007 Google ScholarCui J, Li F, Shi Z. Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019; 17(3):181–192. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-018-0118-9 Crossref, Google ScholarDu Z, Xu X, Wu Y, Wang L, Cowling BJ, Ancel Meyers L. Serial interval of COVID-19 among publicly reported confirmed cases. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.200357 Crossref, Google ScholarEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Disease background of COVID-19. 2020. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/2019-ncov-background-disease (accessed 25 March 2020) Google ScholarHuang P. How the novel coronavirus and the flu are alike … and different. 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/20/815408287/how-the-novel-coronavirus-and-the-flu-are-alike-and-different?t=1584798360232 (accessed 25 March 2020) Google ScholarLipsitch M, Swerdlow DL, Finelli L. Defining the epidemiology of Covid-19—studies needed. New Engl J Med. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2002125 Crossref, Google ScholarLoveday HP, Wilson JA, Pratt RJ et al.. epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. J Hosp Infect. 2014; 86(Suppl 1):S1–S70. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0195-6701(13)60012-2 Crossref, Google ScholarNational Health Service. COVID-19. 2020. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ (accessed 25 March 2020). Google ScholarNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Epic3 guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections. 2018. https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/epic3-guidelines-preventing-healthcare-associated-infections/ (accessed 25 March 2020). Google ScholarQian Z, Travanty EA, Oko L et al.. Innate immune response of human alveolar type II cells infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2013; 48(6):742–748. https://doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2012-0339OC Crossref, Google ScholarSaif LJ, Wang Q, Vlasova AN, Jung K, Xiao S. Coronaviruses. In: Zimmerman JJ, Karriker LA, Ramirez A, Schwartz KJ, Stevenson GW, Zhang J. Diseases of swine. 2019: 488–523. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119350927.ch31 Crossref, Google ScholarSalzberger B, Glück T, Ehrenstein B. Successful containment of COVID-19: the WHO-Report on the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Infection. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4 Crossref, Google ScholarTorok E. Oxford handbook of infectious diseases and microbiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2016 Crossref, Google ScholarWatkins J. Preventing a covid-19 pandemic. BMJ. 2020; 368:m810. https://doi.org/?? Crossref, Google ScholarZhou F, Yu T, Du R, Fan G, Liu Y, Liu Z. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study. Lancet. 2020. https://doi.org/1016/S0140-6736(20)30566-3 Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byHand hygiene and stopping the spread of COVID-19Ann-Marie Aziz17 June 2020 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 12, No. 6 2 April 2020Volume 12Issue 4 ISSN (print): 1759-1376ISSN (online): 2041-9457 Metrics History Published online 8 April 2020 Published in print 2 April 2020 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download