Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of enrolled
subjects
The demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the
participants are summarized in Tables 1 and S1. The range of
ages was 22-87 (Median = 55.5±18.5). More than half (59%, 49/83) of the
subjects were male and 41% (34/83) were females. Data on the sampling
time post-symptoms were available in only 70 participants. Samples were
collected between 0-7 days post-symptoms in 54.2% (38/70), between 8-16
days post-symptoms in 38.5% (27/70) and >16 day
post-symptoms in 5.7% (4/70) of the participants. In only one
participant (1.2%), symptoms appeared 5 days after sampling. Clinical
data of 47 (56.6%) subjects were only available, the majority of whom
(89.3%, 42/47) were symptomatic as they showed at least one of the
following symptoms [fever (n = 40), pharyngitis (n = 38), chest pain
and dyspnea (n = 37, each), cough (n = 36) and diarrhea (n = 8)] and 5
subjects (10.6%) were asymptomatic. Radiological data were available in
44 participants, 84% (37/44) of whom showed radiological findings of
various grades and 7 participants (15.9%) had no radiological findings.