Assessment of Viral Diversity Confers Outbreak: The History of the Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome-Coronavirus 2 in India | Chapter 6 | Recent Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 13

 The global pandemic was caused by a novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China in late December 2019. In Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-1 (Wuhan-Hu1) is transmitted from bats to humans. Then it moved from Wuhan to Europe, Asia, and Africa, causing a catastrophic outbreak. SARS-CoV-2, a genetically varied version of SARS-CoV-1, is the virus spreading in India. With verified instances in practically every country around the world, the virus is extremely contagious and spreads quickly from person to person, posing a new global public health problem. By attaching to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, the virus infects human respiratory epithelial cells. COVID-19 has no definitive treatment at the moment, though various medications are being researched. This book chapter examines the current SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, highlighting epidemiology, pathophysiology, and preventative efforts, as well as current scientific progress in combating the pandemic new coronavirus. Because knowledge about this virus is continually evolving, readers are recommended to keep up to current on it on a frequent basis. In India, epidemic management measures include setting up a laboratory for diagnosis, social distancing, travel bans, digital contact tracing, and complete lockdown. In several states of India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India is actively engaged in epidemic measures.

Author(S) Details

Sushanta Kumar Barik
ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Taj-Ganj, Agra-282004, Uttar-Pradesh, India.

Keshar Kunja Mohanty
ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Taj-Ganj, Agra-282004, Uttar-Pradesh, India.

Sashi Bhushan Mohapatra
Department of Zoology, Banki Autonomous College, Banki, Cuttack, Odisha-754008, India.

Srikanta Jena
Department of Zoology, School of Life sciences, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack-753003, Odisha, India.

Shripad A. Patil
ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Taj-Ganj, Agra-282004, Uttar-Pradesh, India.

Srikanth Prasad Tripathy
National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis Chetpet, Tamil Nadu-600031, India.

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