Open AccessCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis: a concise narrative review
Author(s) -
Hamza Elhamzaoui,
Houssam Rebahi,
Abdelhamid Hachimi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.8.23546
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , coronavirus , disease , pathogenesis , pandemic , virology , betacoronavirus , coronavirus infections , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak
SARS-CoV-2 is the third zoonotic coronavirus. Since December 2019, it has spread through the globe and infects more than four million patients (as of May 10 th , 2020). The disease was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). It involves many organs and systems in the human organism. We aimed to describe the pathogenesis of the COVID-19.