Understanding the Pandemic, 1e

Shampa Chatterjee, Amaro Nunes Duarte Neto, Marco Cascella, Sonia Villapol, Anand Viswanathan, Aravind Ganesh, Ching Lung Lai, Giuseppe Remuzzi
Elsevier
950 pages
ISBN: 9780443191701
November 2024

Understanding the Pandemic: Pathophysiology, Transmission, and Treatment of COVID-19 aims to cover all aspects of COVID-19 infection from the virus, transmission, pathogenesis, immune-inflammation response, systemic injury, organ damage, associated factors, and comorbidities that drive mortality. Organized into ten sections, the book aims to provide a comprehensive examination of the impact of COVID-19. The book begins a review of coronaviruses, their structure and mechanism of action. The book goes on to discuss the immune response to the virus and its effect on various organs. It examines clinical cases based on an observations and postmortem studies. Other topics include the long-term effects of COVD-19, vaccines, and public health response.