Journal article
Epidemiologic Features and Clinical Course of Patients Infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Singapore
BE Young, SWX Ong, S Kalimuddin, JG Low, SY Tan, J Loh, OT Ng, K Marimuthu, LW Ang, TM Mak, SK Lau, DE Anderson, KS Chan, TY Tan, TY Ng, L Cui, Z Said, L Kurupatham, MIC Chen, M Chan Show all
JAMA | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2020
Abstract
Importance: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has spread globally with sustained human-to-human transmission outside China. Objective: To report the initial experience in Singapore with the epidemiologic investigation of this outbreak, clinical features, and management. Design, Setting, and Participants: Descriptive case series of the first 18 patients diagnosed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at 4 hospitals in Singapore from January 23 to February 3, 2020; final follow-up date was February 25, 2020. Exposures: Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. Main Outcomes and Measures: Clinical, labo..
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Awarded by National Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Recruitment of study participants and sample collection was funded by a seed grant from the Singapore National Medical Research Council (TR19NMR119SD [project CCGSFPOR200011). The polymerase chain reaction work on nonrespiratory clinical samples was partially supported by grant NRF2016NRFNSFC002-013 (Combating the Next SARS-or MERS-Like Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak by Improving Active Surveillance).