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Table 2

Characteristics of the included case reports and case series.

Author	Journal	Date (month/year)	Country	Study design	N	Age	Sex	Reference
Burhan et al.	Indonesian Journal of Internal Medicine	Jan/2020	Indonesia	Case report	1	47 y male	M:1 (100%)	[44]
Li et al.	Korean Journal of Radiology	Feb/2020	China	Case report	2	36 y male, 10 mon. boy	M:2 (100%)	[39]
Haung et al.	Radiology	Feb/2020	China	Case report	1	36 y	M:1 (100%)	[41]
Hao et al.	Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases	March/2020	China	Case report	1	56 y	M:1(100%)	[40]
Xu et al.	Clinical Infectious Diseases	March/2020	China	Case report	3	52.3 ± 11; Median: 47	F: 3 (100%)	[38]
Park et al.	Journal of Korean Medical Science	March/2020	Korea	Case report	1	10 years	F: 1 (100%)	[42]
Dou et al.	European Journal of Radiology	March/2020	China	Case report	2	56 y male; 21 y female	M: 1 (50%); F: 1 (50%)	[43]
Bhat et al.	Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology	April/2020	USA	Case series	8	54.5 ± 11.5	M: 6 (80%); F: 2 (20%)	[36]
Lescure et al.	Lancet Infectious Diseases	March/2020	France	Case series	5	Median: 46; Range: 30–80	M: 3 (60%); F: 2 (40%)	[37]

mon = month; N = number of cases; y = years; M = male; F = female.