Coronavirus Disease
From Origin to Outbreak
- 1st Edition - October 21, 2021
- Editors: Adnan I. Qureshi, Omar Saeed, Uzma Syed
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 4 0 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 9 6 4 - 6
Coronavirus Disease: From Origin to Outbreak provides a comprehensive review of coronaviruses, particularly COVID-19, its transmission, and disease pathology. The book covers th… Read more
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Request a sales quoteCoronavirus 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
Researchers in virology, microbiology, infectious diseases, immunology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. History of SARS-CoV-2
- Chapter 3. Zoonotic infections
- Definition
- Transmission
- History of zoonoses
- Emerging infections and virus spillover
- Bat ecology
- Challenges to control outbreak
- Chapter 4. Global response
- An enemy emerges
- The virus marches on: East Asian countries
- Europe will not be spared: Italy
- Let us worship in peace: Pakistan
- The new norm: the United States gets caught in a storm
- The city that never sleeps
- The dilemma of one of the largest gathering in the world
- The search for a prevention
- The need to monitor the cases
- As Earth completes its revolution
- Chapter 5. Coronavirus infection outbreak: comparison with other viral infection outbreak
- Understanding SARS-CoV-2
- Epidemic versus pandemic
- Common features of epidemics
- Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics
- Gene structure of MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2
- Transmissibility and the basic reproductive rate
- Incubation period of SARS-CoV-2 and viral excretion
- Case fatality and risk of severe illness
- Population-based mortality
- Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections
- Comparing SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV spread
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. SARS-CoV-2 viral structure and genetics
- Introduction
- Viral structure
- Molecular genetics
- Replication and gene expression
- Replication transcription complexes
- Basics of immune response
- Viral host immune interactions
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Clinical manifestation and diagnosis
- Introduction
- Transmission of COVID-19
- Clinical manifestations
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
- Viral persistence, convalescence, and recovery period
- Precautionary guidelines set up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the testing process of COVID-19 and laboratory biosafety
- Chapter 8. Treatment and therapeutic agents
- Emergency use authorizations during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
- Part I: Antiviral drug therapy Fig. 8.2
- Part II: Immunomodulatory agents
- Part III: Convalescent plasma, Intravenous immunoglobulin, and Cell-based therapies
- Clinical Research
- Part IV: Vaccine
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9. The economic repercussions of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- World economy December 2019
- Major conflicts
- Political impact of COVID-19
- China's economic response to COVID-19
- What industry relied on Wuhan for trade globally
- Governments' economic response to COVID-19
- A recession caused by SARS-CoV-2
- Chapter 10. Psychological and social implications of COVID-19
- Introduction
- Impact on the society
- Role of social platforms and media
- Role of government and political leaders
- Conclusion
- Index
- No. of pages: 223
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 21, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128244098
- eBook ISBN: 9780323859646
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