Suspected COVID-19 case definition: a narrative review of the most frequent signs and symptoms among confirmed cases

to describe the most frequent signs and symptoms of infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). this is a narrative literature review carried out in April 2020; the search was performed on electronic databases and complemented with a manual review of the references of...

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Published in:Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde 2020, Vol.29 (3), p.e2020233-e2020233
Main Authors: Iser, Betine Pinto Moehlecke, Sliva, Isabella, Raymundo, Vitória Timmen, Poleto, Marcos Bottega, Schuelter-Trevisol, Fabiana, Bobinski, Franciane
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