Understanding the Pandemic
eBook - PDF

Understanding the Pandemic

Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Understanding the Pandemic

Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19

About this book

Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19 aims to cover all aspects of COVID-19 infection from the virus, transmission, pathogenesis, immune-inflammation response, systemic injury, organ damage and associated factors comorbidities that drive mortality. Treatment protocols and the vaccination paradigm will also be discussed.Organized into ten sections, the book aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the impact of COVID-19. The book begins a review of coronaviruses, their structure and mechanism of action. The book goes on to discuss the immune response to the virus and its effect on various organs. It examines clinical cases based on an observations and postmortem studies. Other topics include the long-term effects of COVD-19, vaccines, and public health response.•Discusses coronavirus, their similarities and differences in origin and transmission as well as a review of their structure and mechanisms of action•Examines the immune-inflammation responses to COVID-19 and the organ-specific impact of the disease•Covers vaccines and other treatment protocols and public health responses in various geographic locations

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Yes, you can access Understanding the Pandemic by Shampa Chatterjee,Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto,Marco Cascella,Sonia Villapol,Anand Viswanathan,Aravind Ganesh,Ching Lung Lai,Giuseppe Remuzzi 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.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9780443290046
Edition
0
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Microbiology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Introduction to editors
  7. Preface
  8. Section 1: Coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV), structure (sequence), and
  9. Section 2: Inflammation and immune response to SARS-CoV-2
  10. Section 3: Pathological findings with clinical correlation
  11. Section 4: The blood vessels and COVID-19: Vascular dysfunction and coagulopathies
  12. Section 5: Neuro-COVID and its long term implications
  13. Section 6: Should COVID-19 concern nephrologists? Why and to what extent?
  14. Section 7: Long COVID
  15. Section 8: The vaccines
  16. Section 9: Handling the spread: Public health and social measures
  17. Section 10: From the Editors desk
  18. Index
  19. Back Cover