Medical Perspective on COVID-19

Pegah Hosseini-Nezhad, Sara Hosseini-Nezhad and Ahmad Hosseini-Nezhad
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Pegah Hosseini-Nezhad: Independent Scholar
Sara Hosseini-Nezhad: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
Ahmad Hosseini-Nezhad: Independent Scholar

A chapter in Biopolitics and Shock Economy of COVID-19, 2023, pp 15-103 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In December 2019, a series of acute respiratory illnesses were first reported in central China. Investigations have led to the identification of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), subsequently designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), as the causative agent of the so-called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly across the globe, resulting in the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of millions of people throughout the world and continues to do so. Beginning with a brief overview of different historical and contemporary theories of infectious diseases, this chapter moves on to review the most recent literature on the origin, structure, pathogenesis, host immune responses, viral evasion of the host immunity, and mutated variants of SARS-CoV-2. In addition, patients’ clinical characteristics and risk factors, clinical trials, preventative measures, and the COVID-19 death toll among different countries are discussed. We also overview the utilization of various technologies in the battle against the pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on clinical research and trials, medical insurance, biomedical waste (BMW) generation and management, and the clinical lessons learned.

Keywords: Coronavirus; COVID-19; Mutation; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Variant (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27886-0_2

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