Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness · 2020 · 10 citations · 16 references
Life SciencesInfectious Disease ControlInfectious DiseasesClinical EpidemiologyEpidemiologyMedical MicrobiologyDisease ControlEmerging Viral DiseasesInfectious Disease PreventionPandemic ResponseViral EpidemiologyViral InfectionsBurden Of Communicable DiseasesCoronavirus DiagnosticsCoronavirus Infection ControlCoronavirus Infection PreventionCoronavirus ZoonosesTreatment Of Coronavirus Infections
ince December 2019, the world health care community has faced the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). 1 Coronavirus is a large family of viruses that can cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe illnesses such as the Middle East respiratory syndrome 2 (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The outbreak of this new virus began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The virus is a submucosal infectious agent that only multiplies in the living cells of an organism. There are different types of viruses. They can infect animals, plants, and microorganisms, including bacteria and the ancients.
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