Editors:
Covers both scientific findings and social impact of the pandemic crisis
Includes multi-faceted information from virus structure to techniques for diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine development against COVID-19
Provides overview of the state-of-the-art achievements against COVID-19 worldwide
Presents social impact of the pandemic written by WHO professionals
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book highlights the overview of the COVID-19 pandemic from both the scientific and the social perspectives. The scientific part presents key facts of COVID-19, including the structure of the virus and the techniques for the diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine development against the disease, covering state-of-the-art findings and achievements worldwide. The social part is written by WHO professionals who worked on the frontier of the fight against the disease. It covers the global security situation during the pandemic, the WHO and governmental-level risk management measures, and the estimated impact that COVID-19 will eventually create on social life after it is globally controlled.
Editors and Affiliations
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Protein Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Moones Rahmandoust, Seyed-Omid Ranaei-Siadat
About the editors
Dr. Moones Rahmandoust is Assistant Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Dr. Seyed-Omid Ranaei-Siadat is Associate Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: COVID-19
Book Subtitle: Science to Social Impact
Editors: Moones Rahmandoust, Seyed-Omid Ranaei-Siadat
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3108-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3107-8Published: 14 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3110-8Published: 15 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3108-5Published: 13 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 263
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Sociology, general