Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic: Age and Temperature Related Effects
Author(s) -
Gagandeep Kaur,
Amandeep Singh,
Raj Kumar Narang,
Gurmeet Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
coronaviruses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2666-7975
pISSN - 2666-7967
DOI - 10.2174/2666796701999200905095159
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , virology , betacoronavirus , medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Background: Coronavirus belongs to the phylum Incertaesedis, Nidovirales order, Orthocononaviridaesubfamily. and spring up from the family of viruses that can cause the common cold,fever, shortness of breath, aches, chills, loss of smell, etc. Objective: As we all know; coronavirus has affected the whole world, and many patients died due to it.As the prevalence of this disease has risen, many myths have also originated like the effect of temperatureon the virus; is this virus surely killed by the effect of temperature? Is the effect of this virus is moreon the old age patients? In the presented compilation, we have tried to exposé the actual reality behindthese myths and also tried to find the morphological alteration of coronavirus from the other viruses. Methods: The recent updates on this virus have been obtained from search engines like Pub med andGoogle scholar, by using COVID-19, coronavirus, Pandemic corona keywords. Results: After a huge search on the temperature effect on this disease, it was evident that there is no effectof temperature on the coronavirus. Due to the immunity factor, it showed its worst effect on old agepeople in many countries. Conclusion: The structure, symptoms and incubation period of coronavirus have been described in thisreview article. We have summarized how the coronavirus is different from others, and the effects oftemperature and old age have also been discussed.