
- 223 pages
- English
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About this book
Coronavirus Disease: From Origin to Outbreak provides a comprehensive review of coronaviruses, particularly COVID-19, its transmission, and disease pathology. The book covers the viral structure and genetics of coronaviruses, the pathogenesis and unique characteristics of coronavirus infection, and the evolving nature of our understanding of coronaviruses and disease. It also looks at the history of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV infections and its global spread. The book examines the effectiveness of various preventive measures and new therapeutic agents that are either currently available or expected to available. Finally, it details the psychological and societal impact the virus and disease has in outbreak regions and what the financial impact an outbreak has on the healthcare system and local economies.
- Provides an overview of the nature of infection, methods of spread, and history to better understand the principles of prevention and treatment of not only coronaviruses but also zoonotic infections in general
- Makes comparisons with the impact of other viral infections such as Ebola virus disease, Zika virus disease, and Dengue virus disease which is key to learning from previous successful and unsuccessful strategies
- Examines the global health perspective, population reaction, medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Yes, you can access Coronavirus Disease by Adnan I. Qureshi,Omar Saeed,Uzma Syed in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Microbiology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Coronavirus Disease
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 History of SARS-CoV-2
- Chapter 3 Zoonotic infections
- Chapter 4 Global response
- Chapter 5 Coronavirus infection outbreak
- Chapter 6 SARS-CoV-2 viral structure and genetics
- Chapter 7 Clinical manifestation and diagnosis
- Chapter 8 Treatment and therapeutic agents
- Chapter 9 The economic repercussions of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Chapter 10 Psychological and social implications of COVID-19
- Index