The scientific community in COVID-19 global pandemic: A systematic update on recent progress and challenges
Autor: | Meenakshi Singh, Tryambak Deo Singh, Zeba Firdaus, Sushil Kumar Singh |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
0303 health sciences
medicine.medical_specialty Economic growth Chemistry Transmission (medicine) Mechanism (biology) Outbreak medicine.disease_cause law.invention Clinical trial 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine law Quarantine Epidemiology Pandemic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 030304 developmental biology Coronavirus |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Chemistry. 12:222-234 |
ISSN: | 2153-2257 2153-2249 |
DOI: | 10.5155/eurjchem.12.2.222-234.2084 |
Popis: | The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China in late December 2019, is officially named as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The rapid spread of the virus across the continent has disrupted human life in every aspect leading to health and economic crises. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. In spite of complete lockdown and quarantine efforts in many countries, the occurrence of infections continues to rise, with more than 88 million laboratory-confirmed cases and over 1.9 million deaths worldwide as on January 10, 2021. Since the beginning of the outbreak, lot of intriguing studies about the phylogenetic evolution, epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, clinical characteristics, and possible treatment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been published. This review aims to provide an insight into the progress in this regard and provides a reference for future studies including general awareness. We have discussed the origin, transmission, and infection mechanism of coronaviruses in host cells as well as available treatment options with relevant case studies. Furthermore, the stages of vaccine development, types of vaccines, and candidate vaccines with their phases of clinical trial are also incorporated. In a nutshell, the article is an attempt to retrieve the latest information available on virus behavior, efficacy of the available drugs, and development of candidate vaccines on SARS-CoV-2. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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