1. The Socially Distanced Social Animal -- In The New Covid-19 Era.
- Author
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Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan, M. M., Arun Shivaraman, Ramamurthy, Guhan, and Shrivarthan, R.
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COVID-19 , *CHLOROQUINE , *COUGH , *DIARRHEA , *DIFFUSION of innovations , *EPIDEMICS , *FEVER , *HEADACHE , *MYALGIA , *NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases , *POLYMERASE chain reaction , *MEDICAL triage , *SARS disease , *CONTACT tracing , *INFECTIOUS disease transmission - Abstract
An editorial is presented on the socially distanced social animal in the new Corona Virus Disease‑2019 (COVID‑ 19)) era. Topics include the genera beta coronavirus found to be causing this COVID‑ 19 being presently has classified as severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) virus, the SARS‑ CoV‑ 2 replicates both in the upper and lower respiratory tract, and the SARS‑ CoV‑ 2 has been extracted from stool samples however faeco‑oral transmission has not been documented.
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- 2020