05561nam 2201501z- 450 991056646910332120231214133347.0(CKB)5680000000037689(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81066(EXLCZ)99568000000003768920202205d2022 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCOVID-19: Current Challenges and Future PerspectivesBaselMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20221 electronic resource (264 p.)3-0365-3118-1 3-0365-3119-X On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and the disease now affects nearly every country and region. Caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 presents significant challenges to health systems and public health in both hemispheres as well as to the economies of each country. The morbidity and mortality due to infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 have been significant despite the short duration since its discovery and initially overwhelmed many hospitals and clinics. It influences everyone, and countermeasures have been dramatic in their impact on employment, social systems, and mental health. This Special Issue provides an avenue for authors from various disciplines to provide feedback on our responses and preparedness to COVID-19 globally as well as to disseminate critical information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the associated COVID-19 pandemic. It consists of 22 peer-reviewed papers that cover worldwide perspectives encompasses the following: Original articles about COVID-19 (including epidemiology, modelling, clinical data, treatment, prevention, countermeasures, impacts on tropical regions, response, and preparedness);Original articles about SARS-CoV-2 (microbiology, virology, transmission, pathology, and vaccinology);Perspectives about COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 (comparisons with past coronavirus outbreaks, impactful local initiatives, novel responses, and commentaries);Reviews on COVID-19 (based on systematic and narrative reviews);and Innovations (vaccine development, drug trials, and original countermeasures).COVID-19MedicinebicsscEnvironmental medicinebicsscCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2hepatitis B and Ccirrhosischronic kidney diseasealcohol-related liver diseasenonalcoholic steatohepatitisnecrosisMDR-TBclinical trialsIL-6 inhibitorstocilizumabcytokine release syndromecytokine stormoperational researchhealth systemsSORT ITpandemicstrainingpandemicendemictuberculosisimpactcontroloverviewmalariapreparednessAfricaemergencyfecal calprotectinbowel perforationD-Dimerthrombosisischemiaefficacysafetykaletralopinavir/ritonavirmeta-analysiscoronavirusSARS-CoV-1MERSSARSinfluenzahealthcare workerhealthcare personnelgeneral practitionersmedical doctorheart transplantCMVChagas diseaseinfectionseverityrespiratory virusescoinfectionshealth care workersPhilippinesrhinovirussevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2plasmodium falciparumdifferential diagnosiscognitive biasdiagnostic reasoningrecurrencereinfectionBangladeshKenyaNairobipresumptive tuberculosisTB treatment outcomesHIVantiretroviral therapyEpiCollect5MalawiLilongweZimbabweHararereal-time operational researchethicsresearch capacity buildingIndiaNepalpost-acute COVID-19 syndromeCOVID-19 vaccinesmortalityepidemiologypublic healthhealthcare workersattitudesperceptionsknowledgeMedicineEnvironmental medicineLeggat Peteredt1309623Frean JohnedtBlumberg LucilleedtLeggat PeterothFrean JohnothBlumberg LucilleothBOOK9910566469103321COVID-19: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives3029465UNINA