Strategies for the prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019

European Respiratory Journal

Guan, Wei-Jie; Chen, Rong-Chang; Zhong, Nan-Shan.

Introduction

Early protection, early identification, early diagnosis, and early isolation are crucial to combat with Covid-19 outbreaks Since the outbreak in Wuhan city in December 2019, there has been a surge of newly diagnosed cases with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) globally [1-4]. The total number has reached to 101,927 laboratory-confirmed cases as of March 8 th, 2020 [5]. An increasing number of countries have issued the alert of the highest level

Keywords

Transmission; control; prevention; therapy; laboratory testing

Some One Health based control strategies for the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

One Health
Volume 8, December 2019, 100102

Maged Gomaa Hemida, Abdelmohsen Alnaeem

Abstract

The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) presents an ideal example for developing One Health concepts. Dromedary camels are the principal reservoir for the virus. Infected camels shed the virus in body secretions, particularly nasal discharges. MERS-CoV has the potential to remain active in the environment for some time under optimum conditions of temperature and humidity. This shedding sustains the virus in endemic communities and thus contact with camels is considered a major risk factor for human infection. Reducing virus shedding from camels will have a great positive impact on reducing the human risk of infection. Our main objective is to highlight the potential aspects of reducing virus shedding from camels to the environment, thereby reducing the possibility of human infection. We will focus on the potential roles of camel markets, camel shows, importation, transportation and grazing in the amplification and shedding of the virus, providing some novel concepts for the control approaches for the MERS-CoV.

Keywords

MERS-CoV, One Health, Dromedary camel, Human, Transmission, Shedding