Scientists are drawing on past experience to determine the best way to handle the deadly, rapidly spreading disease.
For the third time in 20 years, a coronavirus has made the jump from animals to humans, and scientists are drawing on past experience to determine the best way to handle the deadly, rapidly spreading disease.for coronaviruses – a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to pneumonia. With time, most people will recover on their own, doctors say.
However, should the virus cause a secondary bacterial infection, doctors would prescribe antibiotics, Cook said. Sometimes a ventilator may be necessary. There are seven strains of coronavirus that infect humans, according to Greg Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group. Four are common colds, but three have"pathological significance": severe acute respiratory syndrome , Middle East respiratory syndrome and, now, the Wuhan coronavirus, formally called the 2019 novel coronavirus.
"We know about SARS and MERS and other coronaviruses. But this one’s novel. We don’t have a lot of information about how this virus interacts. We know nothing, for example, about how this will affect pregnant women, who are particularly vulnerable to influenza," Poland said. When the first U.S. case of Wuhan coronavirus arrived at Providence, hospital staff took an abundance of caution to wear protective clothing and treat the patient in isolation, Cook said. Doctors took a lab sample from the patient, sent it to the CDC in Atlanta and received the results within 24 hours, Cook said.
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