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Department of Microbiology, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini(RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause a variety of illnesses, from the common cold to acute respiratory distress syndrome. The SARS-COV-2 epidemic was first reported by the World Health Organization of China and is now becoming an epidemic, indicating the extremely high prevalence of the virus, which has caused great concern and stress among people around the world. Has created.
In the present review article, using Covid 19 keywords, prevalence, prevention, treatment and by searching in reputable databases of Pub Med Scopus, SID, Google Scholar, Science Direct, articles indexed in Medline and related research from 2003 to 2020 have been compiled.
Research suggests that in transmitting the virus, preventing and educating people to deal with the risk and promoting self-care behaviors can reduce the rate of disease transmission in communities and identify sources of disease transmission can be effective in controlling it. The mortality rate of this virus in the elderly and people with underlying diseases is significantly higher than healthy people.
Coronavirus is a challenging disease that is easily transmitted in public places and the number of people infected with this virus at all ages and in the community is increasing exponentially. Therefore, increasing public awareness of this disease and presenting positive psychological programs and teaching ways of prevention in the media, in addition to reducing mortality and the number of patients can reduce psychological problems in society.
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Type of Study: Review Article | Subject: Microbiology
Received: 2020/05/25 | Accepted: 2021/02/21 | Published: 2021/06/21

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