Abstract

The outbreak of Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has posed a serious health threat. The increasing number of COVID-19 cases around the world is overwhelming hospitals and pushing the global death toll to over 746,000, which has pushed the sprint to find new treatment options. In this article, we reviewed the SARS-CoV-2 pathophysiology, transmission, and potential treatment strategies.

Details

Title
Pathophysiology and treatment strategies for COVID-19
Author
Kumar, Manoj; Souhaila Al Khodor  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
Pages
1-9
Section
Review
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14795876
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02520-8
ProQuest document ID
2444114164
Copyright
© 2020. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.