Open AccessMolecular Structure, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis of COVID-19
Author(s) -
Omar Belmehdi,
Maryam Hakkour,
Nasreddine El Omari,
Abdelaali Balahbib,
Fatima Ezzahrae Guaouguaou,
Taoufiq Benali,
Aicha El Baaboua,
Meriem Lahmoud,
Naoual Elmenyiy,
Abdelhakim Bouyahya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biointerface research in applied chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2069-5837
DOI - 10.33263/briac113.1021510237
Subject(s) - pathophysiology , coronavirus , covid-19 , virology , immune system , transmission (telecommunications) , severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus , biology , immunology , medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , electrical engineering , engineering
Recently, a new coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. SARS-CoV-2 caused a global epidemic (COVID-19), which continues to kill thousands of people around the world today. With an exclusively interhuman transmission mode, in the absence of a vaccine, the spreading of this new coronavirus is accelerating remarkably. With the studies of the molecular biology of the virus, molecular and serological diagnostic tests are implemented. However, the pathophysiology is not well understood and variable, which gives different symptoms, with a significant mortality rate. Indeed, several organs such as the lungs, brain, kidneys, immune system, and heart are affected directly and/or indirectly.