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Saudi Pharm J
. 2020 Sep 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014. Online ahead of print.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19): From causes to preventions in Saudi Arabia
Mohammad H Alyami[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hamad S Alyami[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ansaar Warraich[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that has been affected by COVID-19. At the beginning of March 2020, it revealed a steadily rising number of laboratory-confirmed cases. By 20[SUP]th[/SUP] May 2020, 59,854 infected cases had been confirmed, with 329 deaths. To prevent a further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares it with the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. It also discusses the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and prevention measures to identify an applicable measure to control COVID-19.
Keywords: Causes; Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); Diagnosis; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS); Saudi Arabia; Symptoms; Transmission; Treatments, Prevention measures.
. 2020 Sep 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014. Online ahead of print.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19): From causes to preventions in Saudi Arabia
Mohammad H Alyami[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hamad S Alyami[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ansaar Warraich[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32994704
- PMCID: PMC7513931
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014
Abstract
Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that has been affected by COVID-19. At the beginning of March 2020, it revealed a steadily rising number of laboratory-confirmed cases. By 20[SUP]th[/SUP] May 2020, 59,854 infected cases had been confirmed, with 329 deaths. To prevent a further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares it with the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. It also discusses the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and prevention measures to identify an applicable measure to control COVID-19.
Keywords: Causes; Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); Diagnosis; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS); Saudi Arabia; Symptoms; Transmission; Treatments, Prevention measures.