<p>COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019): A New Coronavirus Disease</p>
Amin Sadeghi Dousari, Majid Taati Moghadam, Naghmeh Satarzadeh
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of viral pneumonia with an uncommon outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). SARS-CoV-2 is extremely contagious and has resulted in a fast pandemic of COVID-19. Currently, COVID-19 is on the rise around the world, and it poses a severe threat to public health around the world. This review provides an overview about the COVID-19 virus to increase public awareness and understanding of the virus and its consequences in terms of history, epidemiology, structure, genome, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakVirologyPneumoniaPublic healthDiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineEpidemiologyVirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicinePathologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AISARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research