Human coronavirus, hCoV-19, is highly pathogenic with severe pneumonia linked to rapid replication of the virus and worldwide spread. Originating in Wuhan China December 2019, the current COVID-19 epidemic has grown rapidly with individual-to-person infection expanding to become a pandemic-scale global health emergency. As a pandemic, COVID-19 has led many researchers from various areas of biomedicine to pursue approaches or therapies to handle the pandemic. COVID-2019 cure is in part based on the patient's own immune system. When the over-activated immune system kills the virus, a large number of inflammatory factors are produced which lead to severe cytokine storms. This appears that the key explanation for damage to these organs may be due to a cytokine storm caused by the virus. Current therapies available-including non-specific anti-viral, antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections and sepsis, and inflammatory corticosteroids-fail in serious disease where the hallmark is the COVID-19-induced cytokine storm in the lung. Until now, however, no specific treatment has been found for this disease. Thus, there is a significant unmet need for safe and efficient care.
El-Shafey, E., & Elsherbiny, E. (2022). COVID-19, Wide Spread and Treatment Need. Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 42(1), 1-10. doi: 10.21608/besps.2021.51022.1086
MLA
Eman Salah El-Shafey; Eslam Samy Elsherbiny. "COVID-19, Wide Spread and Treatment Need". Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 42, 1, 2022, 1-10. doi: 10.21608/besps.2021.51022.1086
HARVARD
El-Shafey, E., Elsherbiny, E. (2022). 'COVID-19, Wide Spread and Treatment Need', Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 42(1), pp. 1-10. doi: 10.21608/besps.2021.51022.1086
VANCOUVER
El-Shafey, E., Elsherbiny, E. COVID-19, Wide Spread and Treatment Need. Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences, 2022; 42(1): 1-10. doi: 10.21608/besps.2021.51022.1086
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