The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future

Virology, Epidemiology, Translational Toxicology and Therapeutics, Volume 2

Edited by Michael D Waters, Alok Dhawan, Tim Marrs, Diana Anderson, Stafford Warren, Claude L Hughes

Publication date:

27 April 2022

Length of book:

650 pages

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

This second volume chronicles the later stages of the outbreak of SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) and delineates the role of several disciplines in therapeutic and control measures highliting the response from specific coutries of note and efforts to repurpose and produce new therapeutics and vaccines. By addressing considerations of efficacy and safety of drugs and chemicals used to combat COVID-19, virtually in real-time, this book documents and highlights the advances in science and place the toxicology, pharmaceutical science, public health and medical community in a better position to advise in future epidemics.

In Silico Approaches for Drug Repurposing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection; Vaccination and Vaccines for COVID-19; Understanding Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Variants from a Genomic Perspective; Susceptibility and Spread of SARS-Cov-2 in Animals; Profiling Some Plant-based Immunomodulatory Bioactive Compounds for COVID-19 Prophylaxis and Treatment Based on Indian Traditional Medicine; The Potential Therapeutic effects of Natural Products, Herbs, Mushrooms Against COVID-19; Application of Chinese Herbal Medicine in COVID-19; COVID-19 Interventional and Therapeutic Clinical Trials: Small Molecules, Interactions, Outcomes and Opportunities; A Trend Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey; The Swedish Approach to COVID-19; New Zealand’s Response to the First Wave of COVID-19; Significant SARS-CoV-2 Variants Circulating Around the World: Origin, Spread and Phylodynamics; Survival of SARS-CoV-2 Outside the Body and Methods of Disinfection; U.S. Regulatory Approaches to Disinfectants for Coronavirus; Diagnostic Strategies for Early and Point-of-care Detection of COVID-19 in Clinical and Personalized Settings; Human Resource Management, Preparedness and Outcomes; Role of Telehealth during the COVID-19 Pandemic; Medical Education During the Covid Pandemic: Challenges and Solutions; Containment Strategies to Prevent Spread in Different Societies and Cultures; Effective Health Education, Patient Education, Health Behaviour Change; Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention after COVID-19: Reaching Agreement on a Code of Conduct and Biological Security Education at the 2021 9th Review Conference; COVID-19 Prevention; Human Response to Pandemics in History and Medico-anthropological Correlates; The COVID-19 Pandemic - Global Lessons for the Future