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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
N05BA01 KRATIUM G Diazepam - 10mg/2ml 10mg/2ml Injectable solution 537,537 L.L
P01AB07 SECNOL G Secnidazole anhydre - 2g 2g Granules 842,589 L.L
R05X TRIMEDIL FORTE G O-(?-hydroxyethyl)-rutosides - 30mg, Ascorbic acid - 80mg, Dimethindene - 0.5mg, Phenylephrine HCl - 2.5mg, Paracetamol - 200mg Capsule 386,515 L.L
A04AA02 GRANI-DENK G Granisetron - 1mg/ml 1mg/ml Injectable concentrate for solution 893,655 L.L
B01AC24 KLOTEGO G Ticagrelor - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 2,598,096 L.L
B05BB02 DEXTROSE 2.5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 2.5% Injectable solution 185,018 L.L
C01DA02 NITROGLICERINA BIOINDUSTRIA L.I.M. G Nitroglycerine - 50mg/50ml 50mg/50ml Injectable concentrate for solution 1,057,604 L.L
C09AA03 TENSIKEY G Lisinopril - 5mg 5mg Tablet 456,906 L.L
C10AA01 SIMVASTATIN NORMON G Simvastatin - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 264,737 L.L
D06BA01 SILVEDERMA G Silver sulfadiazine - 1% 10mg/g Cream 494,534 L.L
J01CA01 ANTALPEN G Ampicillin (trihydrate) - 125mg/5ml 125mg/5ml Powder for suspension 174,060 L.L
L01EA01 CEMIVIL G Imatinib - 100mg 100mg Tablet, film coated 12,763,090 L.L
M01AB05 DICLO-DENK 75 INJECTION G Diclofenac sodium - 75mg/3ml 75mg/3ml Injectable solution 716,268 L.L
N01AH01 FENTANYL PANPHARMA G Fentanyl - 0.5mg/10ml 0.5mg/10ml Injectable solution 1,243,054 L.L
N03AX12 VOLAR G Gabapentin - 300mg 300mg Capsule 1,100,607 L.L
N05BA02 PSICODEX G Chlordiazepoxide - 5mg 5mg Tablet 152,302 L.L
P01AB07 SECNOL G Secnidazole - 2g 2g Granules 842,589 L.L
R05X CODOPALM EXPECTORANT G Ipeca Tincture - 3mg, Promethazine HCl - 100mg, Potassium guaiacosulfonate - 0.9g Syrup 153,582 L.L
V03AE01 RESINCALCIO G Calcium Polystyrene Sulphonate - 99.75g/100g 99.75% w/w Powder for suspension 1,673,084 L.L
B01AC24 KLOTEGO G Ticagrelor - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 2,598,096 L.L
B05BB02 DEXTROSE 2.5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45% INJECTION, USP G Sodium chloride - 0.45%, Glucose - 2.5% Injectable solution 174,675 L.L
C01DA02 NITROJECT INJECTION G Nitroglycerine - 50mg/10ml 50mg/10ml Injectable solution 7,018,889 L.L
C10AA01 SIMVASTATIN-REMEDICA G Simvastatin - 20mg 20mg Tablet, film coated 542,912 L.L
D06BA02 CREM-O-SULFA G Sulfathiazole - 5% 5% Cream 202,216 L.L
J01CA01 AMPICILLIN G Ampicillin (trihydrate) - 250mg/5ml 250mg/5ml Powder for suspension 206,056 L.L
L01EA01 GLIMATINIB BENTA G Imatinib (mesylate) - 100mg 100mg Tablet, film coated 17,619,185 L.L
M01AB05 DOLONIL G Diclofenac sodium - 75mg/3ml 75mg/3ml Injectable solution 337,880 L.L
N01AH03 SUFENTANIL RENAUDIN G Sufentanil (citrate) - 250mcg/5ml 250mcg/5ml Injectable solution 3,524,899 L.L
N03AX12 GABAMOX G Gabapentin - 400mg 400mg Capsule, hard 1,233,647 L.L
N05BA06 LORAZEPAM G Lorazepam - 1mg 1mg Tablet, scored 325,082 L.L
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