Determinants of Disease Progression in Bangladeshi COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-sectional Survey

This was a nationwide study of COVID-19 patients who were diagnosed and confirmed by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) from Nov 2020 to April 2021. The list of available COVID-19 positive patients was obtained, after formal written approval, from Civil Surgeon’s (CS) offices in Bangladesh.

本研究为一项全国性研究，研究对象为2020年11月至2021年4月经逆转录聚合酶链反应（Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction，RT-PCR）确诊的新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）患者。在获得正式书面批准后，研究团队从孟加拉国民政医疗官（Civil Surgeon，CS）办公室获取了可用的COVID-19阳性患者名单。