A glance on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV-2): A brief review

Authors

Marwa Mohammed Ali Jassim

Article Type

Article

Abstract

"Coronavirus disease 2019" is a highly contagious and infectious illness and cause globally acute upper respiratory systemic disease at latest 2019, major causing agent is "coronavirus-2" descent; also called "SARS COV-2". A "coronavirus" has a lower mortality in parallel with others, (SA.RS-CoV and ME.RS-CoV). In majority of people illness is in medium state; nevertheless, pneumonia may be developed, acute distress syndrome (AR.DS), and dysfunction in multiple organs (typically the aged and who having several other illness). many people are asymptomatic, while around 20% have moderate-to-severe illness. In current topic, can summarize the virologic basic of "coronavirus", which includes clinical features, ligand usage, mutations, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and highlighting its significant differences from previously known coronaviruses.

Keywords

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, ARDS, MERS-CoV, Pneumonia

Recommended Citation

Jassim, Marwa Mohammed Ali (2025) "A glance on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV-2): A brief review," Muthanna Medical Journal: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://muthmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol9/iss2/2

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