1. First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020
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Laurent Filleul, C. Saura, Gianfranco Spiteri, Alexandra Mailles, Paola Sognamiglio, Magdalena Salom Castell, Rinat A. Maksyutov, Inmaculada Casas, Lotta Siira, Yulia V. Demina, Amparo Larrauri, Agnes Lepoutre, Sonja J. Olsen, Michaela Diercke, Flavia Riccardo, Alexandre Gaymard, Sylvie van der Werf, Jussi Sane, Bruno Christian Ciancio, Nick Bundle, Romain Mahieu, Cornelia Adlhoch, Julia Schilling, Silke Buda, María José Sierra Moros, Francisco Pozo, Eeva Broberg, Richard Pebody, Maria Palmérus, Markku Broas, Nathalie Bossuyt, Charlotte Martin, Bruno Lina, Martine Valette, Malin Bengnér, Antonio Nicolau Riutort, Sylvie Behillil, Pernille Jorgensen, Karin Tegmark-Wisell, C Campese, Jukka Pukkila, Antonino Bella, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl, Bruno Coignard, James E Fielding, Dmitriy Pereyaslov, Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, Julien Beauté, Vincent Enouf, Emanuele Nicastri, Marc Van Ranst, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Stockholm, Sweden] (ECDC), WHO Regional Office for Europe [Copenhagen], Robert Koch Institute [Berlin] (RKI), Santé publique France - French National Public Health Agency [Saint-Maurice, France], Centre National de Référence des virus des infections respiratoires (dont la grippe) - National Reference Center Virus Influenzae [Paris] (CNR - laboratoire coordonnateur), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Centre National de Référence des Virus des Infections Respiratoires (dont la Grippe) [Lyon] (CNR - laboratoire associé), Institut des Agents Infectieux [Lyon] (IAI), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Istituto Nazionale di Malattie Infettive 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' (INMI), Centro de Coordinacion de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias - Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies [Madrid, Spain] (CCAES), Ministerio de Sanidad / Ministry of Health [Madrid, Spain], Rospotrebnadzor - Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being [Moscow, Russia], Santé publique France Nouvelle-Aquitaine [Bordeaux], Santé publique France Auvergne‑Rhône‑Alpes, Partenaires INRAE, Rega Institute for Medical Research [Leuven, België], Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Sciensano [Bruxelles], Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare [Helsinki, Finland] (FIHW)
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Viral Envelope Proteins -- analysis ,Epidemiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Betacoronavirus -- genetics -- isolation & purification ,Health services ,0302 clinical medicine ,Viral Envelope Proteins ,Risk Factors ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Aged, 80 and over ,Travel ,Europe -- epidemiology ,Novel coronavirus ,Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles ,Middle Aged ,European region ,Europe ,Hospitalization ,Child, Preschool ,Population Surveillance ,Female ,Coronavirus Infections ,Rapid Communication ,Adult ,COVID-19 ,coronavirus disease 2019 ,SARS ,SARS-COV-2 ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,China ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Adolescent ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Library science ,Coronavirus Infections -- diagnosis -- epidemiology ,Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ,World Health Organization ,03 medical and health sciences ,Betacoronavirus ,Young Adult ,Virology ,Political science ,medicine ,Humans ,ddc:610 ,Aged ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,China -- epidemiology ,Pneumonia, Viral -- diagnosis -- epidemiology ,030104 developmental biology ,610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,Reporting system - Abstract
In the WHO European Region, COVID-19 surveillance was implemented 27 January 2020. We detail the first European cases. As at 21 February, nine European countries reported 47 cases. Among 38 cases studied, 21 were linked to two clusters in Germany and France, 14 were infected in China. Median case age was 42 years; 25 were male. Late detection of the clusters' index cases delayed isolation of further local cases. As at 5 March, there were 4,250 cases., info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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