SARS-CoV-2: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 106738
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Interests: epidemiology of animal infectious diseases and zoonoses; risk assessment studies; molecular epidemiology studies on viruses and bacteria; designing surveillance systems for infectious diseases; field epidemiology training; food borne zoonotic diseases
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Interests: diagnosis of viral infectious diseases via innovative molecular methods; coronaviruses; morbilliviruses; reverse genetics; swine influenza viruses; next generations sequencing; arbovirus; orbiviruses; West Nile virus; viral diagnostics; virus discovery; virus evolution; pathogenesis studies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since its emergence in 2019 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, SARS-CoV-2 has spread across hundreds of countries and all continents. The virus is easily transmitted from person to person. This pandemic is considered the most serious global health threat we have faced from the time of the Spanish flu. In the majority of cases, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (named COVID-19) is asymptomatic or with mild clinical signs, but in a varying percentage of infected patients it may be severe. Patients with severe disease develop pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), thus requiring mechanical ventilation and ICU treatment, and often progress to a fatal outcome. The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has put the health care systems of the infected countries under enormous stress, determining dramatic economic consequences due to the draconian control measures adopted to reduce virus transmission. SARS-CoV-2 is a new pathogen, and therefore, several aspects related to its epidemiology and pathogenesis are completely unknown. The scientific community is producing a tremendous effort to fill the main knowledge gaps and to develop effective preventive and control tools. This Special Issue aims at highlighting the most recent outcomes of scientific research on the following topics related to SARS-CoV-2:
- Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Animal reservoirs
- Virulence factors
- Viral evolution and pathogenesis
- Diagnostic findings in humans
- Control measures at local and international level
- Impact on global and local economy
Dr. Paolo Calistri
Dr. Alessio Lorusso
Prof. Dr. Mark E. Obrenovich
Prof. Harsharn Gill
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COVID19
- coronavirus
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Infectious diseases
- One health
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