TY - JOUR T1 - High-resolution computed tomography features of 17 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Sichuan province, China JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00334-2020 VL - 55 IS - 4 SP - 2000334 AU - Simin Zhang AU - Huaqiao Li AU - Songtao Huang AU - Wei You AU - Huaiqiang Sun Y1 - 2020/04/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/55/4/2000334.abstract N2 - The city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, China is the focus of global attention due to the coronavirus 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 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 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 epidemiological data indicate that person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 is occurring [4].Bilateral ground-glass opacities and a combination of consolidation and ground-glass opacities mainly in the subpleural lung regions is a noteworthy HRCT feature of coronavirus disease 2019, which may help in the early diagnosis of the disease http://bit.ly/2IgXcel ER -