@inbook{Divala_T-2025_210948,
title = {Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)},
author = {Divala, T. and Marks, M. and Ho, A.},
month = {jun},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Summary: COVID-19 was first reported in December 2019 and spread rapidly to cause a worldwide pandemic. The disease is caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which likely emerged from a non-human reservoir in Asia. The clinical spectrum of disease varies from asymptomatic infection through to mild self-limiting respiratory tract infections and in a small proportion of cases a severe viral pneumonitis. Most patients require only supportive care but individuals with a pneumonitis are likely to require hospitalization. A number of vaccines have been shown to be effective in reducing the severity of disease but there remain significant gaps in global vaccination coverage.},
pages = {497-502},
journal = {Principles of Medicine in Africa},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052733.051},
}
