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Nokhodian Z1 ; Ranjbar MM2 ; Nasri P1 ; Kassaian N1 ; Shoaei P3 ; Vakili B4 ; Rostami S3 ; Ahangarzadeh S1 ; Alibakhshi A1, 5 ; Yarian F5, 6 ; Javanmard SH7 ; Ataei B1
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Source: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Published:2020


Abstract

Humans have always been encountered to big infectious diseases outbreak throughout the history. In December 2019, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was first noticed as an agent causing insidious pneumonia in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 was spread rapidly from Wuhan to the rest of the world. Until late June 2020, it infected more than 10,000,000 people and caused more than 500,000 deaths in almost all of countries in the world, creating a global crisis worse than all previous epidemics and pandemics. In the current review, we gathered and summarized the results of various studies on characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this pandemic crisis. © 2020 Journal of Research in Medical Sciences | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow.