Clinical impact of monocyte distribution width and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for distinguishing COVID-19 and influenza from other upper respiratory tract infections: A pilot study

• Hui-An Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-An Lin, Sheng-Feng Lin

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0661-173X

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• Sheng-Feng Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui-An Lin, Sheng-Feng Lin

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Physician Hospitalist, Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Neurology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0470-2184

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• Hui-Wen Chang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yuarn-Jang Lee,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ray-Jade Chen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Sen-Kuang Hou

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 992001@h.tmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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