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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A perspective from environmental virology.

Meriane DemolinerJuliana Schons GularteViviane GirardiPaula Rodrigues de AlmeidaMatheus Nunes WeberAna Karolina Antunes EisenJuliane Deise FleckFernando Rosado Spilki
Published in: Genetics and molecular biology (2021)
December 2019 marked the beginning of the current Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified as the causative agent of a viral pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The alarming spread levels and clinical severity elevated the status of COVID-19 to the global pandemic by the World Health Organization. In 6 months, more than 25 million cases of infected people and more than 890,000 deaths by COVID-19 had been reported worldwide. The main goal of this review is to shed light upon the current COVID-19 epidemic situation in Brazil with a health approach highlighting some unique environmental, animal and epidemiological aspects.
Keyphrases
  • sars cov
  • coronavirus disease
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • human health
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  • climate change
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  • acute respiratory distress syndrome