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Volume 8 Issue 4 (April, 2020)

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Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Coronavirus
Sandeep Boora, Sheetal Singh, Sunil Kumar Gulia, Brijender Singh Dhillon, Sukhbir Singh, Rajeev Kumar, Rahul Vinay Chandra Tiwari

Since December 2019, multiple cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) have been identified in China. With the rapid spread of the epidemic, such cases have also been found in unusually high numbers in abroad as well. Most of the know-how about the physical and chemical properties of coronavirus comes from the research on SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Transmission of the virus happens mainly through respiratory droplets and close contact. The main clinical manifestations were respiratory symptoms and occasional gastrointestinal symptoms. it is a never been experienced respiratory disease before and with infection ability widely and quickly, it attracted the world’s attention but without treatment and control manual. It is imperative in these cases to rapidly diagnose as well as to try and form a standardized protocol for the treatment of patients especially the critical cases. Key words: 2019 novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Respiratory disease, Pneumonia, Infectious diseases.

 
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