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ArticleInternal medicine journal2021

COVID-19 in Australia: our national response to the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the early biocontainment phase.

Ramon Z Shaban, Cecilia Li, Matthew V N O'Sullivan, John Gerrard, Rhonda L Stuart, Joanne Teh, Nicole Gilroy, Tania C Sorrell, Elizabeth White, Shopna Bag and 31 more

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Article in Internal medicine journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

41 authors at 14 institutions in 1 country.

Ramon Z ShabanFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5203-0557
Cecilia LiFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4100-4580
Matthew V N O'SullivanFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
John GerrardDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Rhonda L StuartMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Joanne TehInfectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7825-691X
Nicole GilroyCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tania C SorrellInfectious Diseases and Sexual Health Services, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Elizabeth WhiteWestmead Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Shopna BagCentre for Population Health, Western Sydney Public Health Unit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kate HackettWestmead Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sharon C A ChenCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jen KokCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Dominic E DwyerCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jonathan R IredellMarie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Susan MaddocksCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Patricia FergusonFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kavita VarshneyFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ian CarterCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ruth BarrattFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mark RobertsonCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sai R BaskarCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Caren FriendCounter Disaster Unit, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Roselle S RobosaCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Cristina Sotomayor-CastilloFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Shizar NahidiFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Deborough A MacbethDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Kylie A D AlcornDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Andre WattiauxGold Coast Public Health Unit, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Frederick MoorePublic Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jamie McMahonPublic Health Virology Laboratory, Forensic and Scientific Services, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
William NaughtonMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Tony M KormanMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mike CattonVictorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter Doherty Institute for Infections and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Rupa KanapathipillaiMonash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Finn RomanesDepartment of Health and Human Services, State Government Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Emily RoweInfectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jennifer CatfordInfectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Brendan KennedyInfectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Ming QiaoDirectorate of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, South Australia Pathology, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
David ShawInfectious Diseases Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
The University of Sydney · AUWestmead Hospital · AURoyal Adelaide Hospital · AUGold Coast Hospital · AUMonash Health · AUMonash Medical Centre · AUQueensland Health · AUConcord Repatriation General Hospital · AUGold Coast Health · AUGosford Hospital · AUGovernment of Victoria · AUSouth Australia Pathology · AUSydney Local Health District · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOn 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization recognised clusters of pneumonia-like cases due to a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 became a pandemic 71 days later.

aimTo report the clinical and epidemiological features, laboratory data and outcomes of the first group of 11 returned travellers with COVID-19 in Australia.

methodsThis is a retrospective, multi-centre case series. All patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection were admitted to tertiary referral hospitals in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

resultsThe median age of the patient cohort was 42 years (interquartile range (IQR), 24-53 years) with six men and five women. Eight (72.7%) patients had returned from Wuhan, one from Shenzhen, one from Japan and one from Europe. Possible human-to-human transmission from close family contacts in gatherings overseas occurred in two cases. Symptoms on admission were fever, cough and sore throat (n = 9, 81.8%). Co-morbidities included hypertension (n = 3, 27.3%) and hypercholesterolaemia (n = 2, 18.2%). No patients developed severe acute respiratory distress nor required intensive care unit admission or mechanical ventilation. After a median hospital stay of 14.5 days (IQR, 6.75-21), all patients were discharged.

conclusionsThis is a historical record of the first COVID-19 cases in Australia during the early biocontainment phase of the national response. These findings were invaluable for establishing early inpatient and outpatient COVID-19 models of care and informing the management of COVID-19 over time as the outbreak evolved. Future research should extend this Australian case series to examine global epidemiological variation of this novel infection.

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AdultAustraliaCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient DischargeRetrospective StudiesTertiary Care CentersYoung Adultclinical characteristicsCOVID-19models of carepandemicSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33196128
PMCPMC7753759
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