Brief overview What is MERS? A (often) severe respiratory disease caused by the pathogen MERS-CoV. Frequency: (Very) rare, a total of about 2,500 registered cases worldwide (as of 2019), after 2016 the number of diagnoses dropped sharply. Symptoms: Fever, cough, shortness of breath, pneumonia, often neurological impairment and organ damage in severe cases; incubation period … MERS-CoV
How do I get an appointment for vaccination? You need an appointment for the vaccination. The exact procedure is regulated by the individual federal states. It may vary slightly from state to state. Vaccination in vaccination centers Vaccination is carried out in the vaccination centers. Appointments are made via special service numbers or the patient … Coronavirus: How Vaccination Works
Older age as a risk factor The largest risk group for severe cases is older people. From the age of 40, the risk initially increases very slowly and then rises ever faster – from 0.2 percent in those under 40 to up to 14.5 percent in those over 80. The explanation: in old age, the … Coronavirus: Who is at Increased Risk?
The risk of infection is particularly high when minute infectious droplets (aerosols) accumulate indoors. Researchers have calculated that the risk of infection is 19 times higher indoors than outdoors. The smaller the room, the longer a person stays in it and the more viruses an infected person currently emits, the easier it is to become … Coronavirus: Where is the Infection Risk in Everyday Life?
What is Valneva for Covid vaccine? The VLA2001 vaccine from the French manufacturer Valneva is an inactivated vaccine against the coronavirus. It is designed to train the human immune system to defend against the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. VLA2001 consists of (whole) non-replicable Sars-CoV-2 virus particles. These inactivated viruses cannot cause Covid-19 disease. The European Medicines Agency … Coronavirus Vaccine: Valneva
Symptoms Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) manifests as a respiratory illness with flu-like symptoms such as: Fever, chills Cough, sore throat Muscle and joint pain Shortness of breath Digestive problems such as nausea and diarrhea The disease can lead to severe pneumonia, ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome), septic shock, renal failure and multi-organ failure. It … MERS
Products BNT162b2 from German biotechnology company BioNTech and Pfizer was approved in many countries on December 19, 2020, as the first representative of mRNA vaccines and Covid-19 vaccines (Comirnaty, frozen suspension). The vaccine was studied in 2020 in a large Phase III trial with more than 44,000 participants. Switzerland was the first country in which … BNT162b2 (Tozinameran)
Products Camostat is not commercially available in many countries. It is approved in Japan in tablet form (Foipan). Structure and properties Camostat (C20H22N4O5, Mr = 398.4 g/mol) is present in the drug in the form of the salt camostat mesilate, a white crystalline powder that is sparingly soluble in water. It is metabolized by ester … Camostat
The mouthguard is used in medicine to prevent the transmission of pathogens. These exit with partly the respiratory flow and can not spread through such a hygiene mask. Infection by inhaling outside air can also be prevented with such a mask. What is a mouthguard? The mouthguard is used in medicine to prevent the transmission … Mouthguard: Applications & Health Benefits
Introduction Coronaviruses belong to the so-called RNA viruses and primarily cause mild infections of the upper respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract. However, there are also subtypes that lead to severe disease progression, such as the SARS virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome) or the novel corona virus “SARS-CoV-2”. Symptoms The symptoms differ in type and … Coronavirus- How dangerous is that?
Incubation period The incubation period also differs depending on the subspecies of coronavirus. Usually it is 5-7 days. However, cases of 2 weeks of incubation or shorter times have also been documented. Duration of illness The duration of the disease has not yet been conclusively clarified. The symptoms can last for a week or longer, … Incubation period | Coronavirus- How dangerous is that?
Therapy There is no therapy for the cause of this disease as yet. It is primarily treated symptomatically. This means that the symptoms are reduced by, among other things, the administration of oxygen and close monitoring of the patient. Also antibiotics in case of a bacterial superinfection and infusion therapies to stabilize the circulation are … Therapy | Coronavirus- How dangerous is that?