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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
P01AB01 METRONIDAL G Metronidazole benzoate - 125mg/5ml 125mg/5ml Syrup 245,731 L.L
P01AB01 METROGYL G Metronidazole benzoate - 200mg/5ml 200mg/5ml Powder for suspension 456,091 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 162,605 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE B. BRAUN G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 102,132 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE FRESENIUS G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 1,866,597 L.L
P01AB01 METRIS G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 0.5% Injectable solution 142,447 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE PANPHARMA G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 1,624,706 L.L
P01AB01 METRONOR G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 5,359,244 L.L
P01AB01 ? METRONIDAZOL G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 162,541 L.L
P01AB01 SOLUFLEX METRONIDAZOLE G Metronidazole - 500mg/100ml 500mg/100ml Injectable solution 162,541 L.L
P01AB01 FLAGYL B Metronidazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet, film coated 310,428 L.L
P01AB01 METROLAG G Metronidazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet 389,714 L.L
P01AB01 RAMAZOL G Metronidazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet 216,359 L.L
P01AB01 FLAGYL B Metronidazole - 250mg 250mg Tablet, film coated 176,043 L.L
P01AB01 METROLAG G Metronidazole - 250mg 250mg Tablet 130,353 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE G Metronidazole - 250mg 250mg Tablet 6,540,034 L.L
P01AB01 METRONIDAZOLE 250 G Metronidazole - 250mg 250mg Tablet 131,825 L.L
P01AB07 SNAD G Secnidazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet 774,053 L.L
P01AB07 SECNOL G Secnidazole anhydre - 2g 2g Granules 842,589 L.L
P01AB07 SECNOL G Secnidazole - 2g 2g Granules 842,589 L.L
P01BA02 DOLQUINE G Hydroxychloroquine sulfate - 200mg 200mg Tablet, coated 1,191,988 L.L
P01BA02 CORVAQUINE G Hydroxychloroquine sulfate - 200mg 200mg Tablet, film coated 1,087,873 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 100mg/5ml 100mg/5ml Suspension 196,201 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 100mg/5ml 100mg/5ml Suspension 196,201 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet 106,164 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 500mg 500mg Tablet 106,164 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 100mg 100mg Tablet 129,009 L.L
P02CA01 VERMOX B Mebendazole - 100mg 100mg Tablet 129,009 L.L
P02CA03 ALBENDA G Albendazole - 100mg/5ml 400mg/20ml Suspension 129,009 L.L
P02CA03 ALBENDA G Albendazole - 200mg 200mg Tablet 116,914 L.L
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