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SARS-CoV-2 in Terms of Medical Microbiology Laboratory
Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease ; 14(COVID-19):18-25, 2020.
Article in Turkish | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2238868
ABSTRACT
Coronaviruses (CoV), which are in the Coronaviridae family, cause different severity of gastrointestinal, respiratory and systemic diseases in wild and domestic animals, and can lead to different clinical manifestations, ranging from colds to pneumonia, depending on immunity. To date, seven types of coronavirus have been identified as infectious agents in humans;of these, HCoV 229E, HCoV NL63, HCoV HKU1 and HCoV OC43 typically cause cold symptoms in immunocompetent individuals, while SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) is zoonotic and cause severe respiratory diseases and deaths. SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, is the seventh coronavirus identified as an infection agent in humans, which started in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China and was identified as a pandemic in a short time. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) defines SARS-CoV-2-sourced COVID-19 as a pandemic, and because of the increasing number of cases and deaths worldwide, structure of the novel virus and viral diagnosis methods gained importance respectively for vaccine studies and for controlling the outbreak caused by the virus.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Language: Turkish Journal: Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease Year: 2020 Document Type: Article