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Features, transmission, detection, and case studies in COVID-19 /

Examines the effects of the virus on the body, as well as its transmission and clinical profile. This volume begins with an introduction to the virus and its pathogenesis, transmission, and avoidance, followed by sections on pulmonary and cardiovascular effects, obesity, diabetes, the liver, detecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rajendram, Rajkumar (Editor), Preedy, Victor R. (Editor), Patel, Vinood B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2024]
Subjects:
COVID-19 (Disease) > Complications.
COVID-19 (Disease) > Treatment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Features, Transmission, Detection, and Case Studies in COVID-19
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Section A: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: Introductory chapters and setting the scene
  • Chapter 1: Involvement of body systems by Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Introduction
  • COVID-19: General features
  • Pulmonary involvement with COVID-19
  • Liver involvement
  • Cardiac involvement
  • Renal involvement
  • Neurological involvement
  • Hematological involvement
  • Quality-of-life measures and the family unit
  • Conclusion
  • Mini-dictionary of terms
  • Key facts
  • Section B: Structure, transmission and avoidance
  • Chapter 4: Cis regulatory elements: A novel communication route between the host cell and the SARS-CoV-2 genome
  • Introduction
  • Building blocks of SARS-CoV-2 genome
  • Cellular entry and viral replication through a functional interactome of viral and cellular components
  • Coronavirus replication activates signaling that leads to ER stress
  • Structural elements of SARS-CoV-2
  • Virus activated inhibitor of translation (VAIT) elements in ORF1a RNA and S mRNA in SARS-CoV-2
  • The role of other RNA-binding proteins from the host and their interactions with structural elements of SARS-CoV-2 in virus ...
  • Policies and procedures
  • Application to other areas
  • Mini-dictionary of terms
  • Summary points
  • References
  • Chapter 5: SARS-CoV-2 ORF8: Structure, evolution, molecular function, and its contribution to the pathogenicity of the virus
  • Introduction
  • SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 evolutionary dynamics
  • SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 association to pathogenicity
  • SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 protein structure
  • SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 molecular function associated to pathogenicity