Overview
- Addresses the current global pandemic and increases understanding of current challenges
- Discusses effects of COVID-19 on individuals with co-morbid diseases and gives insights into potential treatments
- Provides results of cross-sectional survey studies from different COVID-19-impacted communities
- Gives insights which may help us to address future pandemics more effectively
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1321)
Part of the book sub series: Proteomics, Metabolomics, Interactomics and Systems Biology (PMISB)
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The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a serious global pandemic in just eight months. Nearly every country and territory in the world has been affected by the virus. The virulence and infection rate of the virus are profound, and has required extreme social distancing measures across the globe in order to prevent overwhelming the healthcare services and hospitals. COVID-19 appears to have the greatest effects on elderly individuals and those who have co-morbid diseases, such as heart disease, asthma, and diabetes. As the peak begins to slow in many countries, the death rates remain high amidst justified fears of a second wave. A rapid worldwide mobilization has begun to identify effective treatments and develop vaccines.
This new volume will increase readers’ understanding of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through a series of chapters that address these concerns. Leading experts will discuss the effects of the virus in cases of co-morbidities, new treatment approaches, mental health aspects of the pandemic, and convey the results of survey studies. The book will be an excellent resource for researchers studying virology, metabolic diseases, respiratory disorders, and clinical scientists, physicians, drug companies, and healthcare services and workers.
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Book Title: Clinical, Biological and Molecular Aspects of COVID-19
Editors: Paul C. Guest
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59261-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59260-8Published: 04 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59261-5Published: 03 March 2021
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Virology, Physiology, Chemistry/Food Science, general