OBJECTIVE To study the clinical characteristics of patients in Zhejiang province, China, infected with the 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-2019). DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Seven hospitals in Zhejiang province, China. PARTICIPANTS 62 patients admitted to hospital with laboratory confirmed SARS-Cov-2 infection.

Objective To evaluate viral loads at different stages of disease progression in patients infected with the 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during the first four months of the epidemic in Zhejiang province, China. Design Retrospective cohort study. setting A designated hospital for patients with covid-19 in Zhejiang province, China. ParticiPants 96 consecutively admitted patients with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: 22 with mild disease and 74 with severe disease. Data were collected from 19

To cite: Jin X, lian J-s, hu Jh, et al. Gut epub ahead of print: [please include Day Month Year].

No abstract

Larry Chi-Kin Yung, National Key Program for Infectious Diseases of China.