Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis: a concise narrative review

Hamza Elhamzaoui; Houssam Rebahi; Abdelhamid Hachimi

doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.39.8.23546

The Pan African Medical Journal (May 2021)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis: a concise narrative review

Hamza Elhamzaoui,
Houssam Rebahi,
Abdelhamid Hachimi

Affiliations

Hamza Elhamzaoui: Critical Care Department, Mohammed VIth University Hospital of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Houssam Rebahi: Critical Care Department, Mohammed VIth University Hospital of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
Abdelhamid Hachimi: Critical Care Department, Mohammed VIth University Hospital of Marrakech, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.39.8.23546
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 39, no. 8

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SARS-CoV-2 is the third zoonotic coronavirus. Since December 2019, it has spread through the globe and infects more than four million patients (as of May 10th, 2020). The disease was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). It involves many organs and systems in the human organism. We aimed to describe the pathogenesis of the virus.

Published in The Pan African Medical Journal

ISSN: 1937-8688 (Online)
Publisher: The Pan African Medical Journal
Country of publisher: Kenya
LCC subjects: Medicine
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