Open AccessMicrobiological Case Report: Epidemiological Characteristics and Update of Covid-19 Cases in St. Lucia
Author(s) -
Sambasivarao Yaragalla Yaragalla,
Lydia S. Atkins
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of infectious diseases and case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-8861
DOI - 10.47363/jidscr/2020(1)104
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , outbreak , coronavirus , covid-19 , epidemiology , atypical pneumonia , acute respiratory distress , respiratory system , common cold , viral pneumonia , disease , virology , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , lung
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2.The virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. The clinical presentation is that of a respiratory infection with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral pneumonia leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome that is potentially fatal [1,2].