Exploring the long-term complications of COVID-19 and its prevention through comparison with SARS and MERS

Abstract

The pandemic of COVID-19 in China has made the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 become a hot spot. SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV are classified into beta-coronavirus genus and mainly attack respiratory system. This article explores the long-term prognosis of patients with COVID-19 through comparison of patients with SARS and MERS in order to explore potential prevention strategy as well as method.

Keywords

• covid-19|long-term prognosis|lung function|liver and kidney function impairment|quality of life