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A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been identified as the causative pathogen of an ongoing outbreak of respiratory disease, now named COVID-19. Most cases and sustained transmission occurred in China, but travel-associated cases have been reported in other countries, including Europe and Italy. Since the symptoms are similar to other respiratory infections, differential diagnosis in travellers arriving from countries with wide-spread COVID-19 must include other more common infections such as influenza and other respiratory tract diseases.

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Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Licia+Bordi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bordi Licia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Emanuele+Nicastri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nicastri Emanuele</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Laura+Scorzolini&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Scorzolini Laura</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Antonino+Di+Caro&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Di Caro Antonino</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Maria+Rosaria++Capobianchi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Capobianchi Maria Rosaria </a>, <a href="/search?value1=Concetta+Castilletti&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Castilletti Concetta</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Eleonora+Lalle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lalle Eleonora</a>, <a href="/search?value1=on+behalf+of+INMI+COVID-19+study+group+and+Collaborating+Centers2&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink"> on behalf of INMI COVID-19 study group and Collaborating Centers2</a></span>. Differential diagnosis of illness in patients under investigation for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Italy, February 2020. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(8):pii=2000170. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.8.2000170" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.8.2000170</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 17 Feb 2020;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 26 Feb 2020 </span> </p>
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