Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 887-892.

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Exploring the long-term complications of COVID-19 and its prevention through comparison with SARS and MERS

HU Jing-jing, TONG Jin*   

  1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China
  • Received:2020-04-10 Revised:2020-05-13 Online:2020-07-05 Published:2020-06-29
  • Contact: *tongjin01234@163.com

Abstract: The pandemic of COVID-19 in China has made the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 become a hot spot. SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV are classified into beta-coronavirus genus and mainly attack respiratory system. This article explores the long-term prognosis of patients with COVID-19 through comparison of patients with SARS and MERS in order to explore potential prevention strategy as well as method.

Key words: COVID-19, long-term prognosis, lung function, liver and kidney function impairment, quality of life

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