Publications by authors named "Guan-Jing Lang"
Erratum to: J Zhejiang Univ-Sci B (Biomed & Biotechnol) 2020 21(5):408-410. https://doi.org/10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs of Apr. 22, 2020, the World Health Organization (2020) has reported over 2.4 million confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients and 169 151 deaths.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe recently emerged novel coronavirus pneumonia, named the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), shares several clinical characteristics with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and spread rapidly throughout China in December of 2019 (Huang et al., 2020). The pathogen 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is now named SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and is highly infectious.
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- A study analyzed 74 confirmed COVID-19 cases with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in Zhejiang province, focusing on their epidemiological, clinical, and virological characteristics.
- Out of 651 patients, 11.4% exhibited GI symptoms like nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, with a notable correlation to more severe illness and family clustering.
- The study highlights the need for healthcare providers to pay attention to non-classical COVID-19 symptoms, as GI-related symptoms can indicate more severe cases and were associated with specific risk factors.