Description
This timely volume is a comprehensive review of the evolution, diagnosis, prevention, control, and treatment strategies (both modern as well as complementary and alternative) being used against COVID-19. With chapters written by experts in diverse medical fields from around the world, the volume presents authentic and easily understood information on this novel and often deadly virus.
The book is organized in sections that cover pathology, epidemiology, and diagnosis; prevention strategies; and treatment. The book first covers the morphology, pathogenesis, genome organization and replication of coronavirus (COVID-19) and then goes on to address epidemiology and pathogenesis, the psychological effects, and detection assays and techniques. Chapters on prevention strategies discuss social distancing and quarantine, face masks and hand sanitizers, lockdown strategies, and vaccines. The authors also cover diverse treatment strategies, including using medicinal plants, natural products, and traditional Chinese medicines as well as nanomedicines.
Table of Contents
PART 1: Pathology, Epidemiology, and Diagnosis
1. Morphology, Pathogenesis, Genome Organization, and Replication of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Sadia Javed, Bahzad Ahmad Farhan, Maria Shabbir, Areeba Tahseen, Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, and Marius Moga
2. Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of COVID-19
Sidrah Tariq Khan and Sagheer Ahmed
3. Psychological Effects of COVID-19
Binish Khaliq, Mehvish Azam, Ahmed Akrem, M. Yasin Ashraf, Sumera Anwar, Arif Malik, Samina Yaqoob, and Hawa ZE Jaafar
4. Detection Assays and Techniques Against COVID-19
Shahzad Sharif, Maham Saeed, Javed Hussain Shah, Sajjad Hussain, Ahmad Adnan, Hanadi Talal Ahmedah, and Muhammad Riaz
PART 2: Prevention Strategies
5. Social Distancing and Quarantine as COVID-19 Control Remedies
Adeel Ahmad, Muhammad Hussaan, Fatima Batool, Sahar Mumtaz, Nagina Rehman, Samina Yaqoob, and Humaira Kausar
6. Face Masks and Hand Sanitizers
Shahzad Sharif, Mahnoor Zahid, Maham Saeed, Izaz Ahmad, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, and Rizwan Ahmad
7. Lockdown as a Strategy to Control COVID-19
Naheed Bano, Rizwan Ahmad, Zahid Khan, and Majid Khan
8. Vaccines Against COVID-19
Majid Khan, Muhammad Faheem, Najmur Rahman, Rizwan Ahmad, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, and Muhammad Riaz
PART 3: Treatment
9. Medicinal Plants Against COVID-19
Binish Khaliq, Naila Ali, Ahmed Akrem, M. Yasin Ashraf, Arif Malik, Arifa Tahir, and M. Zia-Ul-Haq
10. COVID-19 Pandemic and Traditional Chinese Medicines
Roheena Abdullah, Ayesha Toor, Hina Qaiser, Afshan Kaleem, Mehwish Iqtedar, Tehreema Iftikhar, Muhammad Riaz, and Dou Deqiang
11. The Role of Natural Products in COVID-19
Iqra Akhtar, Sumera Javad, Tehreema Iftikhar, Amina Tariq, Hammad Majeed, Asma Ahmad, Muhammad Arfan, and M. Zia-Ul-Haq
12. Nanomedicine Against COVID-19
Saima Zulfiqar, Zunaira Naeem, Shahzad Sharif, Ayoub Rashid Ch., M. Zia-Ul-Haq, and Marius Moga
13. Recent Developments in Therapies and Strategies against COVID-19
Misbah Hameed, M. Zia-Ul-Haq, and Marius Moga
14. An Overview of COVID-19 Treatment
Saffora Riaz, Farkhanda Manzoor, Dou Deqiang, and Najmur Rahman
