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Coronavirus: invasive/novel

Generalities
Agent Coronaviruses belong to a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
1) Classical coronavirus: viruses that can infect humans and animals.
- Human coronavirus (HCoV): causing mild illness (229E, OC43, NL63, and HKU1...)
- Animal coronavirus: may infect pigs, domestic and wild birds, bats, rodents, dogs, cats and cattle. They cause acute and chronic diseases in animals such as respiratory and gastro-enteric diseases, neurologic diseases, and liver disease.
2) Novel coronavirus:
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) who caused a large outbreak in 2002-2003.
- Middle East respiratory syndrome–Novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): first identified in 2012
- Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
Incubation period - HCoV: 2-4 days
- SARS-CoV: 2-10 days (mean; 5 days)
- MERS-CoV: 2-14 days
- COVID-19: 4-7 days (up to 14 days)
Period of transmissibility - HCoV: during the active disease
- SARS-CoV: from onset to 21 days
- MERS-CoV: during illness. The duration of infectivity after resolution of symptoms is unknown.
- COVID-19: usually during illness
Reservoir - HCoV: Humans
- SARS-CoV: cave-dwelling bats (genus Rhinolophus), Himalayan masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), other wildlife animals
- MERS-CoV: may be camels and bats
Modes of transmission - HCoV: person-to-person transmission via repiratory droplets, aerosls, fecal oral route, fomites
- SARS-CoV: 1) Animal-to-person; 2) Person-to-person: while caring for, or living with a patient; via respiratory secretions, via body fluids; or airborne (aerosolized sewage, mechanical ventilation...)
- MERS-CoV: 1) Limited person-to-person transmission: close contact, when providing unprotected care to a patient; 2) Suspected animal-to-person transmission via droplet contact, fomite transmission, food-borne, airbone
- COVID-19: 1) Person-to-person: droplets (directly or indirectly), aerosol generating medical procedures, 2) Animal-to-peron
Clinical presentation - HCoV: usually self-limited illness as upper respiratory infection, otitis media, gastroenteritis. Complications: pneumonia, encephalitis, peritonitis...
- SARS-CoV: pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Global case fatality in 2003: 10%.
- MERS-CoV: usually, acute lower respiratory infection with or without gastrointestinal symptoms. It may be asymptomatic. The illness may be severe in people with chronic medical conditions. It may evolve to respiratory failure, organ failure (as renal failure), septic shock... Global case fatality: 27%.
- COVID-19: usually acute respiratory infection
Resources
Case definition - MOPH circular no. 35 (2012): SARS-CoV
- MOPH circular no. 37 (2014): MERS-CoV
- MOPH circular no. 42 (2020): COVID-19
Forms - General reporting form
- Novel Coronavirus reporting form
- Laboratory request form
- Patient transfert request form
- SARS-CoV investigation form
- MERS-CoV investigation form
Data - SARS-CoV: No SARS-CoV was detected in Lebanon in 2003
- MERS-CoV: 2 cases detected and confirmed in 2014 and 2017
- COVID-19: Daily report on COVID-19
Other Resources - Specimen collection for COVID-19
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ATC Name B/G Ingredients Dosage Form Price
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
D08AX02 EOSIN AQUEUSE G Eosin - 2% 2% Solution 98,548 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
D08AX02 EOSIN ALCOHOLIC G Eosin - 1% 1% Solution 108,787 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE BIOGARAN G Eplerenone - 25mg 25mg Tablet, coated 1,849,127 L.L
D08AX02 EOSIN AQUEUSE G Eosin - 1% 1% Solution 84,470 L.L
N06AB10 ESCITALOPRAM BIOGARAN G Escitalopram (oxalate) - 15mg 15mg Tablet, coated, scored 678,640 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE ARROW G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,744,308 L.L
C03DA04 EPLERENONE BIOGARAN G Eplerenone - 50mg 50mg Tablet, coated 1,849,127 L.L
N06AB10 ESCITALOPRAM BIOGARAN G Escitalopram (oxalate) - 20mg 20mg Tablet, coated, scored 678,640 L.L
D10AD51 ERYLIK G Tretinoin - 0.025%, Erythromycin - 4% Gel 378,964 L.L
A08AB01 ELIZA 120 G Orlistat - 120mg 120mg Capsule 1,711,159 L.L
A11CC05 EURO D 10000 IU G Vitamin D3 - 10,000IU 10,000IU Capsule 993,100 L.L
D10AF02 ERYTHROMYCIN 1.5 % G Erythromycin - 15mg/ml 1.5 % Solution 501,701 L.L
J01MA14 EVAFLOX G Moxifloxacin (HCl) - 400mg 400mg Tablet, film coated 669,234 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,109,630 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 369,877 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 60mg 60mg Tablet, film coated 1,217,521 L.L
B03AB ENRICH N G Iron trivalent (hydroxide polymaltose complex) - 156.25mg/5ml Syrup 279,519 L.L
B03AB05 ENRICH N G Iron trivalent (hydroxide polymaltose complex) - 50mg/ml 50mg/ml Drops 459,594 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 1,293,928 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXA G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 431,309 L.L
M01AH05 ETOXIB G Etoricoxib - 90mg 90mg Tablet, film coated 1,390,877 L.L
A02BC05 ESO TAD G Esomeprazole - 20mg 20mg Capsule, hard, gastro-resistant 299,677 L.L
A11CC05 EURO D HP 50.000 IU G Vitamin D3 - 50,000IU 50,000IU Capsule 1,432,536 L.L
A02BC05 ESOCAP-UBSA G Esomeprazole - 20mg 20mg Capsule 511,940 L.L
A02BC05 ESOMEP G Esomeprazole - 20mg 20mg Tablet, gastroresistant 415,632 L.L
A02BC05 ESOMEPRAZOLE ARROW G Esomeprazole - 20mg 20mg Capsule, gastro-resistant 366,869 L.L
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