COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control
El-Maradny, Y., Othman,, A., Gerges, M., Belal, F., Behery, E., El-Fakharany, E. (2020). COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control. EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), 7-20. doi: 10.21608/mb.2020.33405.1018
Yousra El-Maradny; Abdelrahman Othman,; Mina Gerges; Farah Belal; Ebthal Behery; Esmail El-Fakharany. "COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control". EKB Journal Management System, 5, 1, 2020, 7-20. doi: 10.21608/mb.2020.33405.1018
El-Maradny, Y., Othman,, A., Gerges, M., Belal, F., Behery, E., El-Fakharany, E. (2020). 'COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control', EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), pp. 7-20. doi: 10.21608/mb.2020.33405.1018
El-Maradny, Y., Othman,, A., Gerges, M., Belal, F., Behery, E., El-Fakharany, E. COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 5(1): 7-20. doi: 10.21608/mb.2020.33405.1018

COVID-19 coronavirus: pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnostics, epidemiology, prevention and control

Microbial Biosystems
Article 3, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2020, Page 7-20  XML PDF (622.53 K)
Document Type: Reviews
DOI: 10.21608/mb.2020.33405.1018
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Authors
Yousra El-Maradny1, 2; Abdelrahman Othman,3; Mina Gerges3; Farah Belal4; Ebthal Behery4; Esmail El-Fakharany email orcid 1
1Protein Research Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg EL-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt.
2Microbiology Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
3Faculty of Pharmacy and drug manufacturing, Pharos University, Alexandria, Egypt.
4Biotechnology Department, Institute of Graduate studies and Research, Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract
Spreading of the diseases from country to country and from continent to another is one of the drawbacks of globalization. In December 2019, from Wuhan in China, COVID-19 was emerged as a new viral disease caused by a novel betacoronavirus which spread in more than 210 countries and 3 continents over 3 months.  “SARS-CoV-2” is the name of the virus while “Coronavirus Disease 2019” (COVID-19) is the disease itself. Coronaviruses cause a variety of diseases in birds and mammals ranging from mild upper respiratory disease to severe acute respiratory distress which may lead to death. The aim of this review is to provide a brief introduction to coronaviruses, demonstrate and describe clinical features, epidemiological, transmission mode, treatment and vaccination trials of COVID-19 globally and in Egypt, and an attempt to review the rapid identification and diagnostic features of this virus as well as summarize history of pandemic and epidemic viral diseases. We hope our review will provide the global community and the literature with the wise steps for controlling and preventing the outbreak of this severe pathogenic virus.
Keywords
SARS-CoV; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19
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