PUBLIC AWARENESS INFORMATION ON HUMAN VIRUSES AND CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): I. CHARACTERISTICS AND PROTECTION

Abstract

This research can be considered as simple awareness information for the people with limited education in Egypt as well as the world in addition to specialists. It also allows decision makers in the World Health Organization and other countries to devise appropriate strategies to respond to any epidemic such as the Coronavirus and others that may arise in the future. This article has dealt with a simple definition of viruses and then focus on the characteristics of human viruses in a simplified manner, whether their ability to enter the family of the host, how to influence it, the concept of the incubation period, the role of the immune system in the long of this period, and the prevalence of an epidemic including viruses. This is in addition to the symptoms of coronavirus infection, and prevention methods. Finally, the study pays an attention on the most nutrition system and factors that positively affect the immune system and its strengthening in a way that allows humans to confront viral infection