Yazarlar |
Levent Akın
Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Gökhan GÖZEL
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
Along the centuries, novel strain of virus such as influenza produces pandemics which increase illness, death and disruptionin the countries. Spanish flu in 1918, Asian flu in 1957, Hong Kong flu in 1968 and swine flu in 2009 were known pandemic which hadvarious characteristics in terms of morbidity and mortality. A current pandemic is caused by novel corona virus originated from China.COVID-19 pandemic is very similar to Spanish, Hong Kong, Asian and swine influenza pandemics in terms of spreading to worldby the mobilized people. Burden of pandemic is considered in terms of disease transmissibility and the growth rate of epidemic andduration of pandemic can be calculated by transmissibility characteristic. The case definition, finding out cases and first case cluster,proper treatment, sufficient stockpiles of medicine and population cooperation with the containment strategy should be considered forreduction of burden of pandemic. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Makale Türü | Diğer (Teknik, not, yorum, vaka takdimi, editöre mektup, özet, kitap krıtiği, araştırma notu, bilirkişi raporu ve benzeri) |
Makale Alt Türü | SCI, SSCI, AHCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan teknik not, editöre mektup, tartışma, vaka takdimi ve özet türünden makale |
Dergi Adı | TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES |
Dergi ISSN | 1300-0144 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Makale Dili | Türkçe |
Basım Tarihi | 01-2020 |
Cilt No | 50 |
Sayfalar | 515 / 519 |
Doi Numarası | 10.3906/sag-2004-133 |