Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

“Anosmia and changes in brain MRI in COVID-19 - News-Medical.Net” plus 2 more Anosmia and changes in brain MRI in COVID-19 - News-Medical.Net Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model - Science Magazine No specific COVID-19-linked lesions found despite extensive organ injury - News-Medical.Net Anosmia and changes in brain MRI in COVID-19 - News-Medical.Net Posted: 31 May 2020 07:59 PM PDT Even as the COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping across the world, new symptoms and clinical presentations appeared, often confusing the picture. A case report from Italy, published in the journal JAMA Neurology in May 2020, shows that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may be a neurotropic virus, and may cause infection to present primarily with anosmia. Human Coronavirus Infection Human coronaviruses have already been shown to infect the nervous system in s...

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“Long after the illness is gone, the damage from coronavirus may remain - San Francisco Chronicle” plus 1 more Long after the illness is gone, the damage from coronavirus may remain - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 31 May 2020 11:12 AM PDT The roulette wheel of infection that determines which COVID-19 patients live and die has gripped the world in fear, but researchers are looking into another insidious danger — that the disease could be inflicting lasting, even permanent, damage on its victims. Infectious disease specialists have learned that the health problems caused by the coronavirus sometimes linger for months, raising fears that the virus may have long-term consequences for people's health. "There's no doubt there has been anecdotal evidence of symptoms lingering for a while, but we don't know if it's 1%, 5%, 20% or 50%" of the cases, said Jeffrey Martin, a clinical epidemiologist and professor of epidemiolo...

“COVID-19: What is social distancing? - News-Medical.Net” plus 1 more COVID-19: What is social distancing? - News-Medical.Net Posted: 30 Mar 2020 08:08 PM PDT The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a novel coronavirus, akin to previous infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus disease (MERS-CoV) in 2012. The causative agent of COVID-19, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causes a respiratory illness with pneumonia-like symptoms. Those who develop a severe illness may have acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiorgan failure. SARS-CoV-2 has affected several countries across the globe, prompting governments to impose social distancing measures to slow the spread of infection. Image Credit: EamesBot / Shutterstock What is social distancing? Social distancing or physical dis...