High-resolution computed tomography features of 17 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Sichuan province, China

The city of Wuhan, Hubei province in China is the focus of global attention due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak [1]. Sichuan, as a province near Hubei, also has been involved. As of February 12, 2020, 59 741 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in China, of which 451 cases have been identified in Sichuan province. This disease is caused by infection of a new coronavirus named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the latest research, the novel coronavirus is 96% identical at the whole-genome level to a bat coronavirus, leading to speculation that this new coronavirus may originate from bats [2, 3]. Current epidemiologic data indicate that person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 is occurring [4]. Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. Conflict of interest: The authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest: The authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest: The authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest: The authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest: The authors reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.