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Introduction on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: The Global Challenge
Nima Rezaei1,2, Saboura Ashkevarian3,4, Mahsa Keshavarz Fathi3,5
1Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran. rezaei_nima@tums.ac.ir.
Abstract:
By driving the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), coronaviruses have become a significant change in twenty-first-century medicine, healthcare systems, education, and the global economy. This chapter rapidly reviews the origin, immunopathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, and potential therapeutics of COVID-19. It would also explore the effects of the introduction of a single virus, the so-called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), on the public health preparedness planning.
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