Cilt:67 Sayı:03 (2020)

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    Emerging details about COVID-19 and chronology of the pandemic in Turkey Yıl 2020, Cilt 67, Sayı 3, 323 - 332, 03.06.2020
    (Ankara Üniversitesi, 2020-06-03) Göncüoğlu, Muammer; Ayaz, Naim; Cengiz, Görkem; Onaran, Bahar; Çufaoğlu, Gizem; Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi
    Coronaviruses are found in all mammalian and avian species. Due to its mild infection on upper respiratory tract, this virus was not considered as a serious human pathogen until the outbreaks of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV in 2002 and 2012, respectively. Recently the third and the biggest outbreak of coronavirus “COVID-19” or “SARS-CoV-2” has erupted and the world is now in a struggle to combat this disease. Although everything has not yet been fully clarified about this new type of virus, the data obtained from the studies conducted so far provides guidance on how to deal with SARS-CoV-2. In this context, this review provides information about pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, presence in animals, potential transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 as well as the detection methods used in the world and Turkey.