Facing coronavirus disease 2019: What do we know so far? (Review).

Facing coronavirus disease 2019: What do we know so far? (Review).

Qie Guo, Wen Xu, Pan-Feng Wang, Hong-Yan Ji, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Kai Wang, Jing Li

Although the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which originated in China, as a public health emergency of international concern as early as January 30, 2020, the current COVID-19 epidemic is spreading rapidly. As of April 19, 2020, total of 2,392,165 confirmed cases had been reported in 211 countries and regions, with 614,421 (25.68%) cured cases and 164,391 (6.87%) deaths. Scientists and clinicians have made great efforts to learn much about COVID-19 so that it can be controlled as soon as possible. Herein, this review will discuss the epidemiology, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 based on the current evidence.

2021

coronavirus, Coronavirus disease 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

10.3892/etm.2021.10090

Experimental and therapeutic medicine