COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019): A New Coronavirus Disease

• Main Authors: Sadeghi Dousari A, Taati Moghadam M, Satarzadeh N
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-08-01
• Series: Infection and Drug Resistance
• Subjects: novel coronavirus; coronavirus disease 2019; covid-19; sars-cov-2
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/covid-19-coronavirus-disease-2019-a-new-coronavirus-disease-peer-reviewed-article-IDR

Amin Sadeghi Dousari,1 Majid Taati Moghadam,2,3 Naghmeh Satarzadeh4,5 1Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran; 2Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; 5Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranCorrespondence: Naghmeh SatarzadehStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranTel [phone]Email [e-mail]: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a type of viral pneumonia with an uncommon outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). SARS-CoV-2 is extremely contagious and has resulted in a fast pandemic of COVID-19. Currently, COVID-19 is on the rise around the world, and it poses a severe threat to public health around the world. This review provides an overview about the COVID-19 virus to increase public awareness and understanding of the virus and its consequences in terms of history, epidemiology, structure, genome, clinical symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.Keywords: novel coronavirus, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2