Table 2.

Serum laboratory parameters of the confirmed E18 cases. Values outside the normal range are in bold

No	Time of laboratory testing	CRP normal range: < 5 mg/ml	WBC normal range: 4.0–10.0 G/L	Neutrophil cell count normal range: 1.78–5.38 G/L	Lymphocyte cell count normal range: 1.3–3.57 G/L
Case 1	6th day after onset of symptoms	24.5 mg/ml	4.59 G/L	1.81 G/L	1.94 G/L
Case 2	1st day after onset of symptoms	23.3 mg/ml	11.35 G/L	7.94 G/L	2.49 G/L
Case 3	4th day after onset of symptoms	16.7 mg/ml	5.76 G/L	4.28 G/L	1.03 G/L
Case 4	2nd day after onset of symptoms	25.8 mg/ml	6.37 G/L	4.94 G/L	0.79 G/L

CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cells; G/L = 10⁹/liter