Coronavirus Diseases (COVID-19) Current Status and Future Perspectives: A Narrative Review

Francesco Di Gennaro, Damiano Pizzol, Claudia Marotta, Mario Antunes, Vincenzo Racalbuto, Nicola Veronese and Lee Smith
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Francesco Di Gennaro: IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy
Damiano Pizzol: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Khartoum 79371, Sudan
Claudia Marotta: IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo NEUROMED, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy
Mario Antunes: Department of Surgery, Central Hospital of Beira, Beira 2102, Mozambique
Vincenzo Racalbuto: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Khartoum 79371, Sudan
Nicola Veronese: Geriatric Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy
Lee Smith: The Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: At the end of 2019 a novel virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing severe acute respiratory syndrome expanded globally from Wuhan, China. In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the SARS-Cov-2 virus a global pandemic. We performed a narrative review to describe existing literature with regard to Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management and future perspective. MEDLINE, EMBASE and Scopus databases were searched for relevant articles. Although only when the pandemic ends it will be possible to assess the full health, social and economic impact of this global disaster, this review represents a picture of the current state of the art. In particular, we focus on public health impact, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations, diagnosis, case management, emergency response and preparedness.

Keywords: coronavirus; COVID-19; pathogenesis; preparedness; emergency; pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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