Patel Aditya, Patel Shraddha, Fulzele Punit, Mohod Swapnil, Chhabra Kumar Gaurav
Department of Conservative Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences DU, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences DU, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3867-3871. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_785_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
The outbreak of COVID- 19 disease has taken the world by surprise. The disease mainly affects the respiratory system and is caused by a strain of coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. Due to its high recombination rates the virus has an immense potential to spread rapidly. Within months of the first case being reported in Wuhan China, the disease has turned rapidly into a pandemic. The world health experts are already actively looking for a definite cure or vaccine for the disease, but till that many of the countries across the globe are looking up onto mass quarantine measures as a method to control its spread. This article is an attempt to review the effectiveness of these measures and the possible adverse effects of the same. Other possible modes of prevention and controlling the spread of the disease have also been reviewed in the article.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）疫情的爆发令世界猝不及防。该疾病主要影响呼吸系统，由一种名为严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的冠状病毒毒株引起。由于其高重组率，该病毒具有迅速传播的巨大潜力。在中国武汉报告首例病例后的几个月内，该疾病迅速演变成一场大流行。世界卫生专家已经在积极寻找针对该疾病的确切治疗方法或疫苗，但在此之前，全球许多国家都将大规模隔离措施视为控制其传播的一种方法。本文旨在综述这些措施的有效性及其可能产生的不利影响。文章还综述了其他可能的预防和控制该疾病传播的方式。
