Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future Virology, Epidemiology, Translational Toxicology and Therapeutics, Volume 1

This first volume chronicles the early stages of the outbreak and world-wide spread of SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) and delineates the role of several disciplines in therapeutic and control measures. Documenting the epidemiologic response from China, and the clinical evaluation, pathology and intial therapeutics that were available during the first 6 months and onwards of the outbreak, this book records how the response to the pandemic was mounted and how various branches of science and research combined to rapidly expand our understanding of the disease.

This project is a chronicle of the outbreak and represents information known at the time and forecasts for the immediate future with perspectives from many countries around the globe as well as their early response to the public health emergency.