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Book Detail
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COVID-19 For Dummies
Chapnick, Edward K.
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Category: ConsHlth: Disease Affiliation: International Society of Travel Medicine; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American College of Physicians; Society for Healthcar Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.8 x 5.4 in
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Synopsis:
COVID-19 For Dummies covers the questions and mystery surrounding COVID-19 and the pandemic, ‘like what is a virus?’ and ‘how does it transmit?’. With up-to-date information about the disease, you’ll be able to learn basic immunology, how vaccines work, and the types of vaccines used for COVID, as well as what we can do to protect ourselves from this ongoing spread. Expert author, Edward K. Chapnick will explain who is the greatest risk and what treatments there are for people infected, including how to manage long COVID.
This book includes:
- Basic virology, including definition of virus, other coronaviruses, and what a variant is
- How COVID is transmitted and the role of various masks
- Basic immunology, how vaccines work, and the types of vaccines used for COVID
- Clinical presentation and diagnosis
- Treatments for patients in hospitals and at home
- How to manage long COVID as well as an explanation of what it is
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