Preparing for emerging respiratory pathogens such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2.

Jaffar Al-Tawfiq (1) , Mohammed Garout (2) , Philippe Gautret (3, 4)

1 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine [Baltimore]
2 Umm Al-Qura University
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
4 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

Preparing for emerging respiratory pathogens is a fundamental requirement for enhancements of the safeguard in healthcare settings. We are facing an increasing pressure to be prepared more than before. Healthcare organizations should be ready to deal with such emerging infectious disease. Here, we share some points that are essential to be considered while we prepare our institutions to prevent the transmission of emerging respiratory pathogens such as MERS-CoV and the recently emerging pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Jaffar Al-Tawfiq, Mohammed Garout, Philippe Gautret. Preparing for emerging respiratory pathogens such as SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2.. Le infezioni in medicina : rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive, 2020, 28 (suppl 1), pp.64-70. ⟨hal-03141923⟩