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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabawoon Mirwais, M.B.B.S, M.D.[2] Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [3] Aisha Adigun, B.Sc., M.D.[4]

Overview

In symptomatic patients, the clinical features of the disease usually start within a week, consisting of fever, cough, nasal congestion, fatigue, and other signs of upper respiratory tract infections. Disease progression and severity is manifested by dyspnea and severe chest symptoms corresponding to pneumonia in approximately 75% of the patients.

Natural History

Global Course

Currently, 30,087,916 cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide to date (September 17, 2020) with 945,988 confirmed deaths. In relation to its global course, there were three possible projections for the pandemic:

  • With all countries working together to contain the virus, due to its similarity with the SARS virus which caused an outbreak in 2003, the pandemic was projected to be contained by July-August, 2020. It was taken into account that in the 2003 outbreak, international travel was not as frequent as it presently is. However, lock-down measures were not equally put in place in all countries and this let to the importation of cases from worse hit areas.
  • Similar to the seasonal flu, the virus was projected to stay until the summer of 2020 in the northern hemisphere after which it may turn up in the southern hemisphere and reappear in the northern hemisphere during the months of November-December.
  • It is the hope that vaccination can eradicate COVID-19 similar to other viruses such as smallpox, polio and others. There are more than 160 vaccines under development for preventing COVID-19 infection, 26 of them already undergoing clinical trials[8].

Complications

Cardiovascular Complications

Dermatologic Complications

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Complications

  • COVID-19-associated digestive symptoms

Hematologic Complications

Infectious Disease Complications

Nephrologic Complications

Neurologic Complications

  • COVID-19-associated CNS manifestations
  • COVID-19-associated PNS manifestations

Pulmonary Complications

Endocrine Complications

Pediatric Complications

References

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