Coronavirus Disease (eBook, ePUB)

From Origin to Outbreak
Redaktion: Qureshi, Adnan I.; Syed DO, Fidsa; Saeed, Omar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Coronavirus Disease: From Origin to Outbreak provides a comprehensive review of coronaviruses, particularly COVID-19, its transmission, and disease pathology. The book covers the viral structure and genetics of coronaviruses, the pathogenesis and unique characteristics of coronavirus infection, and the evolving nature of our understanding of coronaviruses and disease. It also looks at the history of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV infections and its global spread. The book examines the effectiveness of various preventive measures and new therapeutic agents that are either currently available or expected to available. Finally, it details the psychological and societal impact the virus and disease has in outbreak regions and what the financial impact an outbreak has on the healthcare system and local economies.

• Provides an overview of the nature of infection, methods of spread, and history to better understand the principles of prevention and treatment of not only coronaviruses but also zoonotic infections in general
• Makes comparisons with the impact of other viral infections such as Ebola virus disease, Zika virus disease, and Dengue virus disease which is key to learning from previous successful and unsuccessful strategies
• Examines the global health perspective, population reaction, medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323859646
• Artikelnr.: 62800982

Autorenporträt

Dr. Qureshi is executive director, Zeenat Qureshi Institutes, and professor of Neurology at University of Missouri, Columbia. He has written over 670 scientific publications in prestigious journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Archives of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, American Journal of Medicine, and Circulation. In addition, he has made over 2000 presentations in various national and international meetings. He has served as an invited speaker at numerous national and international forums. He has also been invited as visiting professor to universities in the United States and abroad. He is the editor of several textbooks and serves on editorial boards for several peer-review journals. He was the principal investigator of a large multinational clinical trial funded by National Institutes of Health. He has travelled extensively and written about Ebola virus disease epidemic after his visit to West Africa during the epidemic. His gro

up led the study on Ebola virus disease survivors. He was also the editor for book on Zika virus disease. He laid the foundation of the Zeenat Qureshi Institutes in several countries including United States, China, Guinea, and Turkey. Since its inauguration, the institutes have led the way in cutting edge research in epidemiology, clinical trials, and basic research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
Adnan Qureshi
2. History
Iryna Lobanova
3. Zoonotic infections
Ghaida Zaid
4. Global response
Ahmed A. Malik and Imaan Bashir
5. Coronavirus infection outbreak: comparison with other viral infection outbreak
Mohammad Rauf A. Chaudhry
6. COVID 19 viral structure and genetics
Abhi Pandhi and Ishita Vasudev
7. Clinical manifestation and diagnosis
Yasemin Akinci
8. Treatment and therapeutic agents
Iqra Naveed Akhtar
9. The anatomy and economic repercussions of COVID-19
Usman Saeed
10. Psychological and social implications of COVID-19
Ihtesham Qureshi