Textbook of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis, Immunology, Clinical Manifestations, Treatment, Complications, and Preventive Measures

Current, comprehensive, and readable coverage of COVID-19 for today’s clinicians and public health professionals.

Subramani Mani (Author), Jorn-Hendrik Weitkamp (Author)

9780323875394, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 16 December 2022

400 pages
27.6 x 21.6 x 2.6 cm, 1.31 kg

Written by physicians and scientists with expertise in this evolving area, Textbook of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 provides a coherent, readable, and clinically relevant review of the biology, epidemiology, pathophysiology, immunology, clinical features, current treatment, and prevention strategies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Using both a systemic and topic-based approach, it summarizes and clarifies the extensive literature published on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, includes a comprehensive bibliography, and provides answers to clinical questions at the point of care from multiple specialty perspectives.

• Includes dedicated chapters for pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, and oral manifestations of COVID-19. 

• Covers therapeutics and novel therapeutic targets of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. 

• Addresses the diagnostic and management challenges of COVID-19 in the emergency department. 

• Discusses COVID-19 in special populations, including the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant mothers and to the fetus and newborn. 

• Provides a systematic overview and comparison of vaccines that are approved and in development.   

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. 

1. Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19
2. SARS-CoV-2: Structure, pathogenesis, and diagnosis
3. Covid-19: Natural History and Spectrum of Disease
4. Immunology of Covid-19
5. Covid-19: Emergency Medicine Challenges
6. Pulmonary Manifestations of Covid-19
7. Covid-19 and the Cardiovascular System
8. Gastrointestinal manifestations of Covid-19
9. Musculo-skeletal manifestations of Covid-19
10. Neurological Manifestations of Covid-19
11. Psychiatric manifestations of Covid-19
12. Impact of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection on the Fetus and Newborn
13. Covid-19 in children
14. Oral Cavity and Covid-19: Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostics and Transmission
15. Therapeutics for Covid-19
16. Novel Therapeutic Targets for SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19
17. Vaccine Basics and Covid-19 Vaccines

Subject Areas: Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ], Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]