Sars-Cov-2 and Covid-19, Basic and Clinical Aspects of the Human Pandemic: A Review



Zavvar M^{1, 2} ; Emadi Kochak H³ ; Abdolmohammadi K⁴ ; Rashidi N^{5, 6} ; Mokhtari M⁷ ; Noorbakhsh F² ; Azadmanesh K⁸ ; Shamsi Gooshki E⁹ ; Fatahi Y^{10, 11} ; Mokhtari Azad T¹² ; Jahangirifard A¹³ ; Mousavi MJ¹⁴ ; Masoumi E^{15, 16} ; Mirzaei HR² Show All Authors Show Affiliations
Source: Iranian Journal of Public Health Published:2021

Abstract

In the last two decades, we have witnessed three major epidemics of the coronavirus human disease namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome, and more recently an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Iran, a country of nearly 84 million, in the Middle East, severely in-volved with the COVID-19 disease. A documented multidimensional approach to COVID-19 disease is therefore man-datory to provide a well-balanced platform for the concerned medical community in our county and beyond. In this review, we highlight the disease status in Iran and attempt to provide a multilateral view of the fundamental and clinical aspects of the disease including the clinical features of the confirmed cases, virology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and laboratory methods needed for diagnosis. © 2021 Zavvar et al. Publish.