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. 2021 Jun 17;42:1604061. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2021.1604061

TABLE 1.

Comparison of the most common clinical symptoms of Common cold, Influenza, SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.

Disease Clinical symptoms
Common cold • sneeze, stuffy nose, runny noses
Influenza • high fever, stuffy nose, muscle ache, dry cough, myalgia, and sore throat
SARS-CoV • fever, chill, myalgia, headache, diarrhea, cough, dyspnea
MERS-CoV • sore throat, dyspnea, myalgia
COVID-19 • fever, cough or not, muscle ache, headache, confusion, breathless, respiratory failure