SARS-CoV-2 is a highly pathogenic coronavirus that has caused an ongoing worldwide pandemic. Emerging in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the virus has spread rapidly around the world. Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by…
Italy is the European country that was hit first and hardest by the COVID-19 epidemic. Since February 2020, the outbreak of the epidemic disease in Italy, with fatal outcomes in up to 10% of cases, made it urgent to implement extraordinary measures…
As we write this editorial, people around the world are apprehensive about their future; some are at home; some are thinking about the loved ones they cannot visit; some, unfortunately, are dying. We watch the graphs and listen to the daily news of…
Los coronavirus son una amplia familia de virus patógenos que pueden causar diversas afecciones, principalmente respiratorias, tanto en humanos como en animales vertebrados domésticos y salvajes. Pueden producir desde el resfriado común leve, uno…
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has caused a major epidemic worldwide. A novel coronavirus is deemed to be the causative agent. Early diagnosis can be made with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of nasopharyngeal…
Desde mediados del siglo XIX, frente a las epidemias de cólera que arrasaron Europa, las autoridades sanitarias de los países afectados identificaron la necesidad de generar mecanismos que garantice una máxima seguridad contra la propagación…