Author/Authors :
Zavvar, Mahdi Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences - School of Allied Medical Sciences - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Emadi Kochak, Hamid Department of Infectious Diseases - School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Abdolmohammadi, Kamal Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences - Sari Branch - Islamic Azad University - Sari, Iran , Rashidi, Nesa Department of Immunology - School of Medicine - Iran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Mokhtari, Majid Department of Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Noorbakhsh, Farshid Department of Immunology - School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Azadmanesh, Kayahan Department of Virology - Pasteur Institute of Iran - Tehran, Iran , Gooshki, Ehsan Shamsi Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Fatahi, Yousef Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology - School of Pharmacy - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Mokhtari Azad, Talat Department of Virology - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Jahangirifard, Alireza Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Mousavi, Mohammad Javad Department of Hematology - School of Allied Medicine - Bushehr University of Medical Sciences - Bushehr, Iran , Masoumi, Elham Department of Medical Immunology - School of Medicine - Ilam University of Medical Sciences - Ilam, Iran , Mirzaei, Hamid Reza Department of Immunology - School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Gouya, Mohammad Mahdi Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Tehran, Iran , Rezaei, Farshid Ministry of Health and Medical Education - Tehran, Iran , Nicknam, Mohammad Hossein Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
In the last two decades, we have witnessed three major epidemics of the coronavirus human disease namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome, and more recently an ongoing global pan-demic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Iran, a country of nearly 84 million, in the Middle East, severely in-volved with the COVID-19 disease. A documented multidimensional approach to COVID-19 disease is therefore man-datory to provide a well-balanced platform for the concerned medical community in our county and beyond. In this review, we highlight the disease status in Iran and attempt to provide a multilateral view of the fundamental and clinical aspects of the disease including the clinical features of the confirmed cases, virology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and laboratory methods needed for diagnosis.
