Since a lot of people get involved by COVID-19 infection and died and lots of them obliged to stay at home and teleworking due to its unknown contagious pneumonia in February and March 2020 in Iran and the world;and t...Since a lot of people get involved by COVID-19 infection and died and lots of them obliged to stay at home and teleworking due to its unknown contagious pneumonia in February and March 2020 in Iran and the world;and this number is growing,it seems necessary to study the diagnostic criteria of this virus,based on the recently published articles,and then compare them with Severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS)and Middle East respiratory syndrome(MERS).Corona viruses are the largest known RNA viruses able to infect humans and birds.These viruses can cause more serious respiratory diseases in elderly,or immunocompromised individuals.In this article,by comparing COVID-19,SARS and MERS viruses,we aim to find similarities and differences between these three which are from the same family and by expressing their diagnostic criteria,help care units to find patients faster and have enough time for treating them.展开更多
文摘Since a lot of people get involved by COVID-19 infection and died and lots of them obliged to stay at home and teleworking due to its unknown contagious pneumonia in February and March 2020 in Iran and the world;and this number is growing,it seems necessary to study the diagnostic criteria of this virus,based on the recently published articles,and then compare them with Severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS)and Middle East respiratory syndrome(MERS).Corona viruses are the largest known RNA viruses able to infect humans and birds.These viruses can cause more serious respiratory diseases in elderly,or immunocompromised individuals.In this article,by comparing COVID-19,SARS and MERS viruses,we aim to find similarities and differences between these three which are from the same family and by expressing their diagnostic criteria,help care units to find patients faster and have enough time for treating them.