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Coronavirus: invasive/novel

Generalities
Agent Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
1) Classical coronavirus: viruses that can infect humans and animals.
- Human coronavirus (HCoV): causing mild illness (229E, OC43, NL63, and HKU1...)
- Animal coronavirus: may infect pigs, domestic and wild birds, bats, rodents, dogs, cats and cattle. They cause acute and chronic diseases in animals such as respiratory and gastro-enteric diseases, neurologic diseases, and liver disease.
2) Novel coronavirus:
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) who caused a large outbreak in 2002-2003.
- Middle East respiratory syndrome–Novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): first identified in 2012
- Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Incubation period - HCoV: 2-4 days
- SARS-CoV: 2-10 days (mean; 5 days)
- MERS-CoV: 2-14 days
- COVID-19: 4-7 days (up to 14 days)
Period of transmissibility - HCoV: during the active disease
- SARS-CoV: from onset to 21 days
- MERS-CoV: during illness. The duration of infectivity after resolution of symptoms is unknown.
- COVID-19: usually during illness
Reservoir - HCoV: Humans
- SARS-CoV: cave-dwelling bats (genus Rhinolophus), Himalayan masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), other wildlife animals
- MERS-CoV: may be camels and bats
Modes of transmission - HCoV: person-to-person transmission via repiratory droplets, aerosls, fecal oral route, fomites
- SARS-CoV: 1) Animal-to-person; 2) Person-to-person: while caring for, or living with a patient; via respiratory secretions, via body fluids; or airborne (aerosolized sewage, mechanical ventilation...)
- MERS-CoV: 1) Limited person-to-person transmission: close contact, when providing unprotected care to a patient; 2) Suspected animal-to-person transmission via droplet contact, fomite transmission, food-borne, airbone
- COVID-19: 1) Person-to-person: droplets (directly or indirectly), aerosol generating medical procedures, 2) Animal-to-peron
Clinical presentation - HCoV: usually self-limited illness as upper respiratory infection, otitis media, gastroenteritis. Complications: pneumonia, encephalitis, peritonitis...
- SARS-CoV: pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Global case fatality in 2003: 10%.
- MERS-CoV: usually, acute lower respiratory infection with or without gastrointestinal symptoms. It may be asymptomatic. The illness may be severe in people with chronic medical conditions. It may evolve to respiratory failure, organ failure (as renal failure), septic shock... Global case fatality: 27%.
- COVID-19: usually acute respiratory infection
Resources
Case definition - MOPH circular no. 35 (2012): SARS-CoV
- MOPH circular no. 37 (2014): MERS-CoV
- MOPH circular no. 42 (2020): COVID-19
Forms - General reporting form
- Novel Coronavirus reporting form
- Laboratory request form
- Patient transfert request form
- SARS-CoV investigation form
- MERS-CoV investigation form
Data - SARS-CoV: No SARS-CoV was detected in Lebanon in 2003
- MERS-CoV: 2 cases detected and confirmed in 2014 and 2017
- COVID-19: Daily report on COVID-19
Other Resources - Specimen collection for COVID-19
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ATC Name B/G Ingredients Dosage Form Price
L01FD03 KADCYLA BioTech Trastuzumab emtansine - 100mg 100mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution L.L
L01FD03 KADCYLA BioTech Trastuzumab emtansine - 160mg 160mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution L.L
L01FD03 KADCYLA BioTech Trastuzumab emtansine - 100mg 100mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution 135,545,977 L.L
L01FD03 KADCYLA BioTech Trastuzumab emtansine - 160mg 160mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution 216,872,714 L.L
J05AR10 KALUVIA G Lopinavir - 200mg, Ritonavir - 50mg Tablet, film coated 7,632,790 L.L
L01FD01 KANJINTI BioTech Trastuzumab - 420mg 420mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution 79,305,881 L.L
L01XA02 KARBOTEEN G Carboplatin - 150mg/15ml 150mg/15ml Injectable solution 2,080,268 L.L
J01DB01 KEFLEX B Cefalexin (monohydrate) - 250mg/5ml 250mg/5ml Granules for suspension 477,384 L.L
J01DB01 KEFLEX B Cefalexin (monohydrate) - 500mg 500mg Capsule 659,123 L.L
N03AX14 KEPAM MS G Levetiracetam - 500mg/5ml 500mg/5ml Injectable solution 9,170,015 L.L
N03AX14 KEPCITAM G Levetiracetam - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 2,933,608 L.L
N03AX14 KEPCITAM G Levetiracetam - 1000mg 1000mg Tablet, film coated 3,119,058 L.L
N03AX14 KEPPRA B Levetiracetam - 250mg 250mg Tablet, film coated 3,240,855 L.L
N03AX14 KEPPRA B Levetiracetam - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 6,478,288 L.L
N03AX14 KEPPRA B Levetiracetam - 1000mg 1,000mg Tablet, film coated 12,202,941 L.L
C07AB05 KERLONE B Betaxolol HCl - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated, scored 575,165 L.L
L04AA52 KESIMPTA BioTech Ofatumumab - 20mg/0.4ml 20mg/0.4ml Injectable solution 96,542,598 L.L
N01AX03 KETAMINE PANPHARMA G Ketamine HCl - 250mg/5ml 250mg/5ml Injectable solution 1,534,668 L.L
M01AE17 KETESSE B Dexketoprofen (trometamol) - 25mg 25mg Tablet, film coated 399,121 L.L
M01AE17 KETESSE B Dexketoprofen (trometamol) - 50mg/2ml 50mg/2ml Injectable concentrated solution 435,405 L.L
M01AE17 KETESSE B Dexketoprofen (trometamol) - 50mg/2ml 50mg/2ml Injectable solution 435,405 L.L
M01AB15 KETO-AVI G Ketorolac tromethamine - 30mg/ml 30mg/ml Injectable solution 106,164 L.L
D01AC08 KETOCONAZOLE KORHISPANA G Ketoconazole - 2% 2% Gel 599,354 L.L
M01AB15 KETOLAC G Ketorolac trometamine - 10mg 10mg Tablet 106,164 L.L
M01AB15 KETOLAC G Ketorolac trometamine - 30mg/2ml 30mg/2ml Injectable solution 106,164 L.L
M01AE03 KETOPROFENE MACOPHARMA G Ketoprofen - 100mg/100ml 100mg/100ml Injectable solution 329,241 L.L
V06DD KETOSTERIL B Calcium - 0.05g, Total nitrogen - 36mg, L-Tyrosine - 30mg, L-Histidine - 38mg, L-Tryptophan - 23mg, L-Threonine - 53mg, L-Lysine Monoacetate - 105mg, Alpha Hydroxyanalogue-DL-Methionine, Calcium Salt - 59mg, Alpha Ketoanalogue-Valine,Calcium Salt - 86mg, Alpha Ketoanalogue-Phenylalanine,Calcium Salt - 68mg, Alpha-Ketoanalogue- Leucine,Calcium Salt - 101mg, Alpha-Ketoanalogue-DL-isoleucine,Calcium Salt - 67mg Tablet, film coated 3,950,897 L.L
D10AD01 KETREL G Tretinoin - 0.05% 0.05% Cream 397,777 L.L
L01FF02 KEYTRUDA BioTech Pembrolizumab - 100mg/4ml 100mg/4ml Injectable solution L.L
L01FF02 KEYTRUDA BioTech Pembrolizumab - 100mg/4ml 100mg/4ml Injectable solution 241,744,802 L.L
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