Radiology Perspective of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Lessons From Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Lee Myers; Sravanthi Reddy; Melina Hosseiny; Soheil Kooraki; Ali Gholamrezanezhad
- Source
- American Journal of Roentgenology
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
viruses
Pneumonia, Viral
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
medicine.disease_cause
Virus
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Betacoronavirus
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pandemics
Aged
Coronavirus
biology
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
COVID-19
Outbreak
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Pneumonia
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Middle East respiratory syndrome
Female
Radiology
Coronavirus Infections
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1546-3141
0361-803X
OBJECTIVE. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pulmonary illness coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China, more than 79,000 people have contracted the virus worldwide. The virus is rapidly spreading with human-to-human transmission despite imposed precautions. Because similar pulmonary syndromes have been reported from other strains of the coronavirus family, our aim is to review the lessons from imaging studies obtained during severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreaks. CONCLUSION. The review of experiences with the MERS and SARS outbreaks will help us better understand the role of the radiologist in combating the outbreak of COVID-19. The known imaging manifestations of the novel coronavirus and the possible unknowns will also be discussed.