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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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L01EG02 AFINITOR B Everolimus - 5mg 5mg Tablet 131,002,184 L.L
L01EG02 AFINITOR B Everolimus - 10mg 10mg Tablet 188,584,849 L.L
L01FD01 ARYOTRUST BioTech Trastuzumab - 440mg 440mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution + solvent 34,948,930 L.L
L01FD01 ARYOTRUST BioTech Trastuzumab - 150mg 150mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution 21,176,745 L.L
L01FG01 AVASTIN BioTech Bevacizumab - 400mg/16ml 400mg/16ml Injectable concentrated solution 75,875,312 L.L
L01FG01 AVASTIN BioTech Bevacizumab - 400mg 400mg Injectable concentrated solution 75,875,312 L.L
L01FG01 AVASTIN BioTech Bevacizumab - 100mg/4ml 100mg/4ml Injectable concentrated solution 24,533,456 L.L
L01FG01 AVASTIN BioTech Bevacizumab - 100mg 100mg Injectable concentrated solution 24,533,456 L.L
L01FX05 ADCETRIS BioTech Brentuximab Vedotin - 50mg 50mg Injectable powder for concentrate for solution 298,266,862 L.L
L01XG01 ALVOCADE G Bortezomib - 3.5mg 3.5mg Injectable powder for solution 14,169,600 L.L
L01XX35 ANAGRELIDE BIOGARAN G Anagrelide - 0.5mg 0.5mg Capsule 15,754,068 L.L
L02BG03 ARIMIDEX B Anastrozole - 1mg 1mg Tablet, film coated 3,202,377 L.L
L02BG03 APO-ANASTROZOLE G Anastrozole - 1mg 1mg Tablet 2,615,118 L.L
L02BG03 ANASTROZOLE BIOGARAN G Anastrozole - 1mg 1mg Tablet, coated 3,800,387 L.L
L02BG03 ANASTROZOL GP PHARM G Anastrozole - 1mg 1mg Tablet, film coated 1,181,238 L.L
L02BG04 APO-LETROZOLE G Letrozole - 2.5mg 2.5mg Tablet 1,962,010 L.L
L02BX03 ABREMIA G Abiraterone acetate - 250mg 250mg Tablet 77,478,802 L.L
L02BX03 ABIRATERONE ACETATE NEAPOLIS G Abiraterone acetate - 250mg 250mg Tablet 197,778,023 L.L
L02BX03 ABIRATERONE ACETATE SPC G Abiraterone acetate - 250mg 250mg Tablet, film coated 141,687,170 L.L
L02BX03 ABLAX 250 G Abiraterone acetate - 250mg 250mg Tablet 45,056,853 L.L
L02BX03 APO-ABIRATERONE G Abiraterone acetate - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 59,283,147 L.L
L02BX03 ABLAX 500 G Abiraterone acetate - 500mg 500mg Tablet 45,056,853 L.L
L03AB07 AVONEX BioTech Interferon beta-1a - 30mcg/0.5ml 30mcg/0.5ml Injectable solution 70,488,764 L.L
L04AA13 ARAVA B Leflunomide - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 2,230,779 L.L
L04AA13 AROTAN G Leflunomide - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 1,527,949 L.L
L04AA13 ARAVA B Leflunomide - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 3,346,168 L.L
L04AA13 AROTAN G Leflunomide - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 2,014,420 L.L
L04AA31 AUBAGIO B Teriflunomide - 14mg 14mg Tablet, film coated 38,773,533 L.L
L04AA31 AUBAGIO B Teriflunomide - 14mg 14mg Tablet, film coated 38,773,533 L.L
L04AA32 APRIVA STARTER PACK G Apremilast - 10mg, Apremilast - 20mg, Apremilast - 30mg Tablet, film coated 22,154,866 L.L
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