Open AccessCOVID-19: Morphology, Characteristics, Symptoms, Prevention, Clinical Diagnosis and Current Scenario
Author(s) -
Tansukh Barupal,
Kumar Tak Praveen,
Mukesh Meena
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
coronaviruses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2666-7975
pISSN - 2666-7967
DOI - 10.2174/2666796701999200617161348
Subject(s) - disease , quarantine , outbreak , covid-19 , transmission (telecommunications) , coronavirus , pandemic , intensive care medicine , medicine , contagious disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , computer science , telecommunications
Background: There are different types of viruses found in nature which cause infection inhumans and other animals, some causing severe illness and others not. A unique coronavirus termed severeacute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was isolated from lower respiratory tractsample as the causative agent. Objective: This review article includes characteristics of COVID-19, current scenario of disease, causesand symptoms of disease and how to prevent from its infection. Methods: We accomplished a comprehensive evaluation of the communication amid COVID-19 diseaseand serious effects of the disease. There are many articles describing the general characteristics, preventionand its harmful effects on humans which were included. The clinical diagnosis and present scenarioof the disease were also reviewed. Results: The recent outbreak of contagions with SARS-CoV-2 is termed Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Many governments of the world, scholars andscientists are engaged to discover the proper treatment and until a proper and right treatment for it isfound, we have to be careful to avoid infection. Conclusion: At present, the whole world is struggling with COVID-19 disease. COVID-19 quicklyspread into at least 215 countries and exterminated more than 300,000 persons by May 15, 2020. This isthe time to exercise restraint and caution. The rapid extent of disease allows deep examination and quarantineconventions to prevent further transmission.