A Brief Overview on Clinical and Epidemiological Features, Mechanism of Action, and Diagnosis of Novel Global Pandemic Infectious Disease, Covid-19, And its Comparison with SARS, MERS, And H1n1

Abstract

Saeed Reza Hormozi Jangi

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel global pandemic infectious disease with a higher potential for outbreaks than the other epidemic disease such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), influenza A (H1N1), and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), which identified in China on December 31, 2019. This disease is caused by a new generation of betacoronavirus termed the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or SARS-CoV-2. Although, the first report of this disease was in recent months, now, the COVID-19 is known as a global pandemic. Hence, the aim of this article is the quick review of the recent studies on the novel coronavirus disease 2019 including researches on the epidemiological parameters, mechanism of action, diagnosis, and treatment of the novel coronavirus disease, as well as clinical features of patients infected with COVID-19. Moreover, the novel COVID-19 has comprised of SARS, H1N1, and MERS.

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