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SUBMITTER: Shanmugam C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498473 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shanmugam Chandrakumar C Mohammed Abdul Rafi AR Ravuri Swarupa S Luthra Vishwas V Rajagopal Narasimhamurthy N Karre Saritha S
Pathology, research and practice 20200918 10
Corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS CoV-2), a highly contagious single stranded RNA virus genetically related to SARS CoV. The lungs are the main organs affected leading to pneumonia and respiratory failure in severe cases that may need mechanical ventilation. Occasionally patient may present with gastro-intestinal, cardiac and neurologic symptoms with or without lung involvement. Pathologically, the lungs show either mild congest ...[more]