Author/Authors :
Alexandros Charitos, Ioannis Regional Emergency Service - National Poisoning Center - University Hospital of Foggia, Foggia, Italy , Del Prete, Raffaele Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine - Microbiology and Virology Unit - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy , Inchingolo, Francesco Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine - Section of Dentistry - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy , Mosca, Adriana Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine - Microbiology and Virology Unit - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy , Carretta, Domenico CardioThoracic Department - Sincope Unit - Coronary Unit and Electrophysiology / Pacing Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, Bari, Italy , Ballini, Andrea Department of Precision Medicine - University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy , Santacroce, Luigi Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine - Microbiology and Virology Unit - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
Background and aim of the work: COVID-19 is a current global pandemic. However, comprehen-sive global data analyses for its healthcare management are lacking. Methods: In this study we have researched through published scientific articles and international health care guidelines to find out actually about our knowledge for this new pandemic from SARS-CoV-2 and related COVID-19 disease that emerged from December 2019 in China in order to better manage this health emergency. Results: The pathogens repre-sented by microorganisms (bacteria, mycetes or viruses) show their effect after days and are responsible for epidemics/pandemics as dangerous as the greater their possibility of transmission, especially by inhalation, and therefore their infectivity. Conclusions: The appearance of new pathogenic viruses for humans such as the SARS-CoV-2, which previously were found only in the animal world occurs through the spillover (is the third documented of an animal coronavirus to humans), it is thought that it could also be the same also for the origin of this virus. Furthermore, the trend of this pandemic in one of the countries most affected by Italy after China was also considered. (www.actabiomedica.it)
Keywords :
Zoonosis , spillover , coronavirus , pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19