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A concise and accessible guide to the coronavirus/COVID-19, fully updated with information on variants, treatment options and vaccines.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. How Is the Coronavirus Spreading?; 3. What Is a Coronavirus?; 4. How Is the Coronavirus Changing?; 5. How Did the COVID-19 Outbreak Start and Evolve?; 6. How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to the SARS Outbreak in 2003?; 7. How Does the COVID-19 Outbreak Compare to Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza?; 8. How Can We Treat the Virus and Prevent Infections?; Conclusions; Summary of Common Misunderstandings; Suggested Further Reading.
About the author
Raul Rabadan is a Professor in the Departments of Systems Biology and Biomedical Informatics, and the Director of the Program for Mathematical Genomics, at Columbia University. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Rabadan was a fellow at the Theoretical Physics Division at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2003 he joined the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He has been named one of Popular Science's Brilliant 10 (2010), a Stewart Trust Fellow (2013), and has received the Harold and Golden Lamport (2014), Diz Pintado (2018) and Phillip Sharp (2018) awards. Dr. Rabadan's current interest focuses on uncovering patterns of evolution in biological systems - in particular, RNA viruses and cancer. Dr. Rabadan is the founder of Genotwin, a data-driven genomic company.
Summary
Fully revised and updated, this concise guide provides answers to commonly asked questions surrounding the coronavirus/COVID-19. It is for anyone interested in how the virus works, how it spreads, how it compares to other respiratory viruses, and how to stop its spread. Includes updated information on variants, treatments and vaccines.
