id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-305092-q4tlj1jd Lu, Jingjing Clinical characteristics and factors affecting the duration of positive nucleic acid test for patients of COVID‐19 in XinYu, China 2020-08-29 .txt text/plain 1210 74 51 title: Clinical characteristics and factors affecting the duration of positive nucleic acid test for patients of COVID‐19 in XinYu, China The aim of this study was to articulate the clinical characteristics of COVID‐19 and to reveal possible factors that may affect the persistent time of positive SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleic acid test, so as to identify which patients may deteriorate or have poor prognoses as early as possible. RESULTS: In this study, patients were divided into two groups based on whether their SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleic acid tests in respiratory specimens turn negative within (Group Rapid or Group R) or over (Group Slow or Group S) a week. Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 include the exposure history and typical systemic symptoms such as fever, cough, fatigue, decreased WBC and lymphocyte counts, and infiltration in both lower lobes on CT imaging. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study ./cache/cord-305092-q4tlj1jd.txt ./txt/cord-305092-q4tlj1jd.txt