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____COVID-I4:: 4 Aspects of a Disease Precess
1. Etiolagy. —— — -
______Cavin=19_is a viral ingection_caused by Severe Acute Respicatocy
—_Syndrome__Cernayicus 2_( SARS-CoV 2) vicus strain. It is positive single __
___stranded_RNA virus with a_crwn-like appearance. This virus girst appeared
——in_Wuihan city, China last December 31,2019; it came from _an_uacongicmed —__
source, whether bats or man=made.SARS=CoV=2 variants include! Alpha”
5 “peta” grom Sout ‘ca. * Gamma" .
“Delta” rom India _and_UK_,” Epsilon’ grom calipornia , US, and “Lambda”
+ Location : SARS-CoV-2 yicus_settles_in_the cells that lines the nose.
nw comity and throat. Arter a week or two, it will invade
— —__the_healthy.ceils_of_an_icnmunocampramised person 3 then, it
will_start to reproduce andattack the lungs Cupperand lower) __
tis would lead to_tung_inglammertion due_te the tuild_up __
fluid and _mucis_, thus making it harder for the ingected —
person to breathe
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___*.Mode of transmission: ee _ —
_.____9 Direct transmission _( €-9.. physical contact with an ingected persen) _ oo
_____d. Nosocomial transmission nt
8 Inclieect_pransmission via_fomites Ce.g., inpected inanimate objects.or surpaces)
+Arp ipicortion Test) and Antigen test detects proteins from
the virus) through nasal_or_thmat swab+Anathec test is __
called on _rttibody tect which looks por ontibodies that
respond toc ¥10-14 inthe immune. system. The sample por
tis test is bload_prom_gingerstiak ot venipuncture. =
= fever or chills = mild_symptems up to ___~people_who tests positive —
dry cough mild prewar ____gor-cown=1@ without symptom:
= firedness st Severe mast cecovers aptor 2
Less common ty spriesn -hrypoxin 527.
= aches_and pains ____lung ingeetion _+ Mil Symptomatic _
____7 sore throat 3 diamheq ___+ Critical ________=peeple who tests positive _
___> Beadache 5 numny nese ____= respiratory Failure. shock. far CONID ~I4 with symptoms
____-= Rash on skin 3 discoloration __aind_ multiorgan dysfunction __like_pever, cough or loss of
taste and_senell
_—_________“mosty rewvers agter 2 weeks
08 a period ef 20 days ___
+ Severe
= far people aged G0 years -_
____-old_and_abeve__and_these_
———= chest pain_or pressure itis comorbidities C asthma. _
— oypectension heart disease.or
— diabetes).
= recovery may take for_at
— least _@ weeks =
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