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* Similar to all viral illnesses, exposure is considered the most significant risk factor for infection with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). | * Similar to all viral illnesses, exposure is considered the most significant risk factor for infection with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). | ||
* Individuals at risk for the severe form of the disease include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> | * Individuals at risk for the severe form of the disease include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name="LiGuan2020">{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Qun|last2=Guan|first2=Xuhua|last3=Wu|first3=Peng|last4=Wang|first4=Xiaoye|last5=Zhou|first5=Lei|last6=Tong|first6=Yeqing|last7=Ren|first7=Ruiqi|last8=Leung|first8=Kathy S.M.|last9=Lau|first9=Eric H.Y.|last10=Wong|first10=Jessica Y.|last11=Xing|first11=Xuesen|last12=Xiang|first12=Nijuan|last13=Wu|first13=Yang|last14=Li|first14=Chao|last15=Chen|first15=Qi|last16=Li|first16=Dan|last17=Liu|first17=Tian|last18=Zhao|first18=Jing|last19=Liu|first19=Man|last20=Tu|first20=Wenxiao|last21=Chen|first21=Chuding|last22=Jin|first22=Lianmei|last23=Yang|first23=Rui|last24=Wang|first24=Qi|last25=Zhou|first25=Suhua|last26=Wang|first26=Rui|last27=Liu|first27=Hui|last28=Luo|first28=Yinbo|last29=Liu|first29=Yuan|last30=Shao|first30=Ge|last31=Li|first31=Huan|last32=Tao|first32=Zhongfa|last33=Yang|first33=Yang|last34=Deng|first34=Zhiqiang|last35=Liu|first35=Boxi|last36=Ma|first36=Zhitao|last37=Zhang|first37=Yanping|last38=Shi|first38=Guoqing|last39=Lam|first39=Tommy T.Y.|last40=Wu|first40=Joseph T.|last41=Gao|first41=George F.|last42=Cowling|first42=Benjamin J.|last43=Yang|first43=Bo|last44=Leung|first44=Gabriel M.|last45=Feng|first45=Zijian|title=Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|year=2020|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa2001316}}</ref> | ||
**Elderly (those aged 60+) | **Elderly (those aged 60+) | ||
**Cardiovascular disease patients | **Cardiovascular disease patients | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Risk Factors
- Similar to all viral illnesses, exposure is considered the most significant risk factor for infection with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
- Individuals at risk for the severe form of the disease include:[1][2]
- Elderly (those aged 60+)
- Cardiovascular disease patients
- Diabetics
- Chronic respiratory disease patients
- Hypertensive patients
- Cancer patients
References
- ↑ http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Li, Qun; Guan, Xuhua; Wu, Peng; Wang, Xiaoye; Zhou, Lei; Tong, Yeqing; Ren, Ruiqi; Leung, Kathy S.M.; Lau, Eric H.Y.; Wong, Jessica Y.; Xing, Xuesen; Xiang, Nijuan; Wu, Yang; Li, Chao; Chen, Qi; Li, Dan; Liu, Tian; Zhao, Jing; Liu, Man; Tu, Wenxiao; Chen, Chuding; Jin, Lianmei; Yang, Rui; Wang, Qi; Zhou, Suhua; Wang, Rui; Liu, Hui; Luo, Yinbo; Liu, Yuan; Shao, Ge; Li, Huan; Tao, Zhongfa; Yang, Yang; Deng, Zhiqiang; Liu, Boxi; Ma, Zhitao; Zhang, Yanping; Shi, Guoqing; Lam, Tommy T.Y.; Wu, Joseph T.; Gao, George F.; Cowling, Benjamin J.; Yang, Bo; Leung, Gabriel M.; Feng, Zijian (2020). "Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia". New England Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2001316. ISSN 0028-4793.