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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
G04CA01 PROSTETROL G Alfuzosin HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, modified release 360,150 L.L
J01DC10 CEFPROZ 250 G Cefprozil - 250mg/5ml 250mg/5ml Powder for suspension 1,343,843 L.L
L01AX03 TEMOZOLOMIDE ACCORD G Temozolomide - 20mg 20mg Capsule, hard 1,153,017 L.L
N05AH04 QUETIAPINE/ GENEPHARM G Quetiapine - 25mg 25mg Tablet, film coated 712,237 L.L
N06DA02 DOPEZIL G Donepezil HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 1,381,470 L.L
R03DC03 AIRFAST G Montelukast (sodium) - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 802,274 L.L
A06AX01 SUPPOSITOIRE GLYCERINE ADULTE G Glycerol Stearate USP - Suppository 179,179 L.L
B05CX01 DEXTROSE G Dextrose, H2O - 5g/100ml 5g/100ml Injectable solution 224,565 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C09CA04 IBECARD 150- IPS G Irbesartan - 150mg 150mg Tablet, film coated 564,414 L.L
C10AA07 SUPERSTAT G Rosuvastatin (calcium) - 10mg 10mg Tablet, coated 517,379 L.L
D10AD51 CLINIDERM T G Tretinoin - 0.05%, Clindamycin (phosphate) - 1% Gel 890,776 L.L
G04CA01 PROSTETROL G Alfuzosin HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, modified release 682,672 L.L
J01DD01 CEFOTAX G Cefotaxime (sodium) - 1g 1g Injectable lyophilised powder for solution+diluent 217,702 L.L
L01AX03 TEMOZOLOMIDE GP PHARM G Temozolomide - 20mg 20mg Capsule, hard 920,532 L.L
N05AH04 JOSWE QUZAL 25 G Quetiapine - 25mg 25mg Tablet 258,018 L.L
N06DA02 ALZEPIL G Donepezil HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet 1,908,256 L.L
R03DC03 MONTELUKAST ARROW LAB G Montelukast (sodium) - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 978,317 L.L
B02BA01 PHYTOMENADIONE (VITAMINE K1) PANPHARMA G Phytomenadione - 10mg/ml 10mg/ml Solution 740,457 L.L
B05CX01 ALDEX G Dextrose, H2O - 5g/100ml 5g/100ml Injectable solution 174,062 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C09CA04 ANDARAN G Irbesartan - 150mg 150mg Tablet, film coated 856,362 L.L
C10AA07 APO-ROSUVASTATIN G Rosuvastatin (calcium) - 10mg 10mg Tablet 670,577 L.L
D10AD51 MEDCLINIDERM-T G Tretinoin - 0.05%, Clindamycin (phosphate) - 1% Gel 890,776 L.L
G04CA01 ALFUZOSINE BIOGARAN LP G Alfuzosin HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, coated, prolonged release 1,115,389 L.L
J01DD01 CEFOTAXIME PANPHARMA G Cefotaxime (sodium) - 1g 1g Injectable lyophilised powder for solution 6,127,922 L.L
L01AX03 TEMOZOLOMIDE ACCORD G Temozolomide - 5mg 5mg Capsule, hard 1,153,017 L.L
N02BE51 SOLPEX G Paracetamol - 500mg, Caffeine - 30mg, Codeine - 8mg Tablet 243,172 L.L
N05AH04 JOSWE QUZAL 25 G Quetiapine - 25mg 25mg Tablet 490,503 L.L
N06DA02 DONECEPT 10 G Donepezil HCl - 10mg 10mg Tablet, film coated 2,292,595 L.L
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