Contents
Preface v
Guest Editors vi
Introduction viii
List of abbreviations x
1. The patient perspective of the pandemic 1
Clare Williams
COVID-19: epidemiology, clinical features and therapy
2. Timeline of the pandemic: epidemiology, global spread, variants 16
and waves
Yue-Xing Liu, Jun-Yu Luo, Rui-Bin Liu, Yi-Xue Li and Wei-Jie Guan
3. COVID-19 in adults: spectrum of illness and clinical presentation 26
Jiuyang Xu, Jingya Li, Yang Jin and Bin Cao
4. Cellular response in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 44
Lokesh Sharma, Jooyoung Kim and Charles Dela Cruz
5. Antiviral therapy for COVID-19 65
Adamantia Liapikou and Maria Lerikou
6. Vaccination against COVID-19 in a post-pandemic era 79
Felippe Lazar Neto, Adrian Ceccato and Otavio T. Ranzani
7. Therapeutics in hospitalised adult patients with COVID-19 104
Nicolas Roche and James D. Chalmers
8. Management of severe COVID-19 in the ICU 122
Despoina Koulenti, Maria-Panagiota Almyroudi, Ioannis Andrianopoulos,
Konstantinos Mantzarlis, Georgios Papathanakos and Paraskevi C. Fragkou
9. Viral sepsis and SARS-CoV-2 153
Hui Li, Jiapei Yu, Jiuyang Xu and Bin Cao
10. Secondary infection after COVID-19 162
Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Mariana Chumbita, Particia Monzó-Gallo,
Antonio Gallardo-Pizarro, Christian Teijon-Lumbreras, Ana Martinez-Urrea and
Carolina Garcia-Vidal
ERS monograph
COVID-19: An Update Number 105
September 2024
Preface v
Guest Editors vi
Introduction viii
List of abbreviations x
1. The patient perspective of the pandemic 1
Clare Williams
COVID-19: epidemiology, clinical features and therapy
2. Timeline of the pandemic: epidemiology, global spread, variants 16
and waves
Yue-Xing Liu, Jun-Yu Luo, Rui-Bin Liu, Yi-Xue Li and Wei-Jie Guan
3. COVID-19 in adults: spectrum of illness and clinical presentation 26
Jiuyang Xu, Jingya Li, Yang Jin and Bin Cao
4. Cellular response in the pathogenesis of COVID-19 44
Lokesh Sharma, Jooyoung Kim and Charles Dela Cruz
5. Antiviral therapy for COVID-19 65
Adamantia Liapikou and Maria Lerikou
6. Vaccination against COVID-19 in a post-pandemic era 79
Felippe Lazar Neto, Adrian Ceccato and Otavio T. Ranzani
7. Therapeutics in hospitalised adult patients with COVID-19 104
Nicolas Roche and James D. Chalmers
8. Management of severe COVID-19 in the ICU 122
Despoina Koulenti, Maria-Panagiota Almyroudi, Ioannis Andrianopoulos,
Konstantinos Mantzarlis, Georgios Papathanakos and Paraskevi C. Fragkou
9. Viral sepsis and SARS-CoV-2 153
Hui Li, Jiapei Yu, Jiuyang Xu and Bin Cao
10. Secondary infection after COVID-19 162
Tommaso Francesco Aiello, Mariana Chumbita, Particia Monzó-Gallo,
Antonio Gallardo-Pizarro, Christian Teijon-Lumbreras, Ana Martinez-Urrea and
Carolina Garcia-Vidal
ERS monograph
COVID-19: An Update Number 105
September 2024