ISSN: 2639-216X
Authors: Fimia Duarte R*
Since the beginning of civilization, infectious diseases have affected humans. The early history of these diseases was characterized by sudden and unpredictable outbreaks, often of epidemic proportions, so that the current situation that the planet is experiencing because of the new coronavirus is a trigger more product of multiple factors, with a high share derived from anthropogenic activity. Two major epidemics have been described, the severe acute coronavirus respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV) in 2002 and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERSCoV) in 2012, until the appearance in China of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 (Coronavirus Infection Disease) in December 2019, which will be referred to as the coronavirus.
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