COVID-19: Epidemiology and pathophysiology: Difference between revisions

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==Pathophysiology==
==Epidemiology==
*[[Acute respiratory distress syndrome|ARDS]] - Possibly due to direct alveolar damage by the virus AND inflammatory reaction. <ref>Xu Z, Shi L, Wang Y et al. Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020;8(4):420-422. doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30076-x</ref>
*[[Cytokine release syndrome|Cytokine Storm]]
 


== Risk Factors==
== Risk Factors==

Revision as of 10:37, 11 April 2020

Virology

  • Coronaviruses are common human pathogens
    • Cause the common cold
    • In epidemics, cause up to one-third of community-acquired upper respiratory tract infections in adults; and may cause diarrhea in infants and children
  • SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus (a new strain not previously identified in humans)
    • Likely primary source = bats
    • It is a betacoronavirus in the same subgenus as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus. Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus is another, more distantly related, betacoronavirus. Like the SARS coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [ACE2] for cell entry
  • Surface survival time of SARS-CoV-2:
    • stainless steel: persists for 3 hours (or longer)
    • underscores the importance of environmental cleaning / disinfection
      • cleaning gets rid of the proteins that would interfere with a disinfectants effectiveness
    • Note: studied in a simulated lab environment. Lab virions not covered in protein and mucus and other things that would mimic real life and that could prolong survival

Pathophysiology

Epidemiology

Risk Factors

  • Older age
  • Underlying conditions (lung disease, Renal Failure, Malignancy, heart disease, diabetes)


NOT Risk Factors

Transmission

Ro Example
  • COVID-19: R0 = 2.2 - 4.2
    • Where R0 = expected number of secondary cases produced by a single typical infection in a susceptible population (basic reproductive rate)
    • R0 for seasonal flu ~ 1.3
    • R0 for pandemic flu ~ 1.5-1.8
  • Incubation: 5 days (median); range of 2-14 days
  • Serial interval duration = 7.5 days
    • Serial interval refers to the time from illness onset in successive cases in a transmission chain
  • Surface survival time of SARS-CoV-2:
    • stainless steel: persists for 3 hours (or longer)
    • underscores the importance of environmental cleaning / disinfection
      • cleaning gets rid of the proteins that would interfere with a disinfectants effectiveness
    • Note: studied in a simulated lab environment. Lab virions not covered in protein and mucus and other things that would mimic real life and that could prolong survival

Incubation Period

Infectious Period

See Also

COVID-19 Pages

References

  1. Xu Z, Shi L, Wang Y et al. Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2020;8(4):420-422. doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30076-x