Book contents
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Series page
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?
- 3 What Is a Coronavirus?
- 4 How Is the Coronavirus Changing?
- 5 How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?
- 6 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?
- 7 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?
- 8 How Can We Treat the Virus and Prevent Infections?
- Conclusions
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Suggested Further Reading
- Figure and Quotation Credits
- Index
Summary of Common Misunderstandings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2021
Book contents
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Series page
- Understanding Coronavirus
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?
- 3 What Is a Coronavirus?
- 4 How Is the Coronavirus Changing?
- 5 How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?
- 6 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?
- 7 How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?
- 8 How Can We Treat the Virus and Prevent Infections?
- Conclusions
- Summary of Common Misunderstandings
- Suggested Further Reading
- Figure and Quotation Credits
- Index
Summary
The COVID-19 coronaviruses is another type of flu. Coronaviruses and influenza are very different viruses. They do not share genes, proteins, or the same way of infecting cells. The disease that they cause is also different. Most infections of seasonal influenza are in the upper respiratory tract, while COVID-19 causes common lower respiratory tract infections as pneumonias that require hospitalization and intensive care for a fraction of patients.
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- Understanding Coronavirus , pp. 118 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021