2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate – a word of caution

Manuel Battegay; Richard Kuehl; Sarah Tschudin-Sutter; Hans H. Hirsch; Andreas F. Widmer; Richard A. Neher

doi:10.4414/smw.2020.20203

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2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate – a word of caution

Manuel Battegay
Richard Kuehl
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter
Hans H. Hirsch
Andreas F. Widmer
Richard A. Neher

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20203
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2020;150:w20203
Published: 07.02.2020

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Li Q, Guan X, Wu P, Wang X, Zhou L, Tong Y, et al. Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2020;NEJMoa2001316. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316
Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet 2020.
Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, et al. A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China. Nature. 2020. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3
Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study. Lancet. 2020;S0140-6736(20)30260-9. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30260-9

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Battegay M, Kuehl R, Tschudin-Sutter S, Hirsch HH, Widmer AF, Neher RA. 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): estimating the case fatality rate – a word of caution. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2020 Feb. 7 [cited 2024 Nov. 18];150(0506):w20203. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2729

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[1] Li Q, Guan X, Wu P, Wang X, Zhou L, Tong Y, et al. Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2020;NEJMoa2001316. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2001316

[2] Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, et al. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet 2020.

[3] Wu F, Zhao S, Yu B, Chen YM, Wang W, Song ZG, et al. A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China. Nature. 2020. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2008-3

[4] Wu JT, Leung K, Leung GM. Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study. Lancet. 2020;S0140-6736(20)30260-9. doi:.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30260-9