2019- Novel Corona Virus: Incubation, Clinical Presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

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  • Petty Mungala Miyanda Lecturer of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Lusaka Apex Medical University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nutrition and Dietetics, Zambia

Abstract

Abstract

2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei, surfaced end of December 2019, when a number pneumonia cases of unknown origin presenting with clinical features close to that of viral pneumonia associated with the Hunan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province. The CDC - China collected various specimens for investigational purposes including respiratory, blood, faeces, and identification of the causative organism was established using lower respiratory tract samples by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction testing the new implicating organism was named as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) as of January 7, 2020. This review highlights the incubation, progressive clinical features, management and prognosis of the 2019 novel coronavirus

Keywords: Coronavirus, incubation, MERS-COV, pneumonia, polymerase chain reaction, SARS-COV

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Miyanda Petty M. 2019-Novel Coronavirus: Incubation, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis. Research & Reviews: Journal of Medicine. 2020; 10(2): 1–5p.


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Published

2020-09-19

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

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Review Article

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