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Corona Virus: An Emerging Threat to Mankind


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1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
2 Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
3 Oral Medicine and Radiology, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
     

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COVID-19 pandemic has become an issue of international emergency. Newly available data from China, Europe, USA and India provides insight on this disease, its epidemiology and pathophysiology. These insights may guide in formulating strategies and interventions to contain and manage the outbreak. Pneumonia cases caused by novel beta corona virus first emerged in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019.This outbreak has brought the importance of analyzing the epidemiological data on the virus, its spread as well as on prediction of its spread, risk factors and outcomes. Based on the available data and published evidence, we systematically discuss the characteristics of COVID-19 for providing a reference for future studies and to find out ways for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, Pneumonia, Precautions.
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Authors

Ankur Sharma
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Nisha Rani Yadav
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Meena Jain
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Arundeep Singh
Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
D. D. S. V. Sindhuja
Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Indu Chaudhary
Manav Rachna Dental College, FDS, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Aparna Aggarwal
Oral Medicine and Radiology, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Abstract


COVID-19 pandemic has become an issue of international emergency. Newly available data from China, Europe, USA and India provides insight on this disease, its epidemiology and pathophysiology. These insights may guide in formulating strategies and interventions to contain and manage the outbreak. Pneumonia cases caused by novel beta corona virus first emerged in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019.This outbreak has brought the importance of analyzing the epidemiological data on the virus, its spread as well as on prediction of its spread, risk factors and outcomes. Based on the available data and published evidence, we systematically discuss the characteristics of COVID-19 for providing a reference for future studies and to find out ways for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Keywords


COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, Pneumonia, Precautions.

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