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Identification of Biomarkers, New Treatments, and Vaccines for COVID-19

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Overview

  • Discusses new treatment approaches for COVID-19
  • Describes the worldwide effort to develop effective vaccines
  • Addresses a current global pandemic through positive and negative findings
  • Describes effects of the virus in cases of co-morbidities
  • Explores the mental health aspects and impact of the pandemic

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1327)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Background

  2. Epidemiology

  3. Risk Factors and Outcomes

  4. Treatments and Vaccines

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About this book

The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a serious global pandemic in just one year. Nearly every country and territory in the world has been affected by the virus. The virulence and infection rate of the virus are profound, and has required extreme social distancing measures across the globe in order to prevent overwhelming the healthcare services and hospitals. COVID-19 appears to have the greatest effects on elderly individuals and those who have co-morbid diseases, such as diabetes and obesity. As the cases and death rate remain high, there are justified fears of this virus remaining for several months or years to come. To address this, a rapid and unprecedented worldwide mobilization effort has begun to identify effective treatments and develop vaccines. As these begin to be deployed and administered across the globe, many now feel the virus will be brought under control and lives will eventually return to normal.

This new volume will increase readers’understanding of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through a series of chapters that address these concerns. Leading experts will discuss new treatment approaches, vaccine development, mental health aspects of the pandemic, and convey the results of survey studies. The book will be an excellent resource for researchers studying virology, metabolic diseases, respiratory disorders, and clinical scientists, physicians, drug companies, and healthcare services and workers.

 

 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Charlesworth House, Debden, UK

    Paul C. Guest

About the editor

Dr. Paul C. Guest, Ph.D, is a scientific researcher/writer with 38 years of experience in the fields of metabolic and neurological disorders. This includes experience in both academia and the pharmaceutical industry with the majority of time spent at the University of Cambridge and Merck Sharp & Dohme in the United Kingdom. He has also been affiliated with the University of Campinas in Sao Paulo Brazil since 2015, still focused on advancing the field of biomarkers for neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and age-related diseases such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, sarcopenia and Alzheimer’s disease. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Identification of Biomarkers, New Treatments, and Vaccines for COVID-19

  • Editors: Paul C. Guest

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71697-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71696-7Published: 20 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71697-4Published: 19 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 234

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Virology, Biomedicine, general, Physiology

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