The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is still looming worldwide,and the pandemic has challenged health care delivery and health care systems internationally.[1]The epidemic of seasonal influenza would occ...The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is still looming worldwide,and the pandemic has challenged health care delivery and health care systems internationally.[1]The epidemic of seasonal influenza would occur in the winter months.Since coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and influenza share many clinical symptoms,[2]it is difficult to distinguish these two respiratory infections in the early stage.[3]Although nucleic acid testing was the gold standard to identify different virus infected diseases,false-negative nucleic acid results were reported frequently in COVID-19,[4]and its diagnostic sensitivity is less optimal.Therefore,the aim of our study is to explore and compare the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 and influenza,which could deepen the understanding of these two diseases and provide some guidance for clinicians to make a differential diagnosis.展开更多
基金This research was supported by a grant from the Foundation of Key Discipline Construction of Zhejiang Province for Traditional Chinese Medicine(2017XK-A3)National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFC2001405).
文摘The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is still looming worldwide,and the pandemic has challenged health care delivery and health care systems internationally.[1]The epidemic of seasonal influenza would occur in the winter months.Since coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and influenza share many clinical symptoms,[2]it is difficult to distinguish these two respiratory infections in the early stage.[3]Although nucleic acid testing was the gold standard to identify different virus infected diseases,false-negative nucleic acid results were reported frequently in COVID-19,[4]and its diagnostic sensitivity is less optimal.Therefore,the aim of our study is to explore and compare the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 and influenza,which could deepen the understanding of these two diseases and provide some guidance for clinicians to make a differential diagnosis.
