Uncovering the Science of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives and livelihoods all over the world by its myriad of twists and turns. The causative SARS coronavirus 2 continues to defy the imagination by its rapid evolution from the Alpha to Delta to Omicron variants. This book by an international and multi-disciplinary team of virologists, infectious diseases and public health physicians aims to uncover the scientific basis underpinning the virus characteristics, as well as the clinical and public health management of COVID-19. The ten chapters address and discuss a broad range of key topics including viral evolution, clinical management, diagnostic methodologies, aerosol transmission, public health containment measures, vaccination, pathophysiology, and omics analyses. More generally, the book can serve as a useful reference guide on many future scientific issues and questions that will continue to arise as humanity learns to confront and co-exist with COVID-19.

Contents:

• The Novel SARS-CoV-2: An Overview on its Detection, Prevention and Control (Anshika Sharma, Zheng Yao Low, Sunil K Lal, and Vincent T K Chow)
• Insights into Molecular Evolution and Increased Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 (Rohit Verma, Milan Surjit, Ramandeep Kaur, and Sunil K Lal)
• Clinical Features and Management of COVID-19 (Sean Wei Xiang Ong and Shawn Vasoo)
• Detection and Diagnosis Technologies for SARS-CoV-2 (Wan Ni Chia, Chee Wah Tan, Jinyan Zhang, and Lin-Fa Wang)
• Aerosol Transmission and Control of SARS-CoV-2 (Julian W Tang and Nan Zhang)
• COVID-19 Containment Measures (Jacinta I-Pei Chen, Li Yang Hsu, Alex R Cook, and Jason Chin-Huat Yap)
• COVID-19 Vaccines: Overview, Efficacy, Safety and Challenges (Poh Lian Lim)
• Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 (Teluguakula Narasaraju, Marko Radic, and Anil Kaul)
• Antagonism and Evasion of Cellular Innate Immunity by SARS-CoV-2 (Shachee Swaraj, Tanisha Malpani, and Shashank Tripathi)
• Transcriptomics and Proteomics of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 (Kai Sen Tan, Ryan Zhe Zhang Lew, and De Yun Wang)

Readership: It can serve as a useful resource on how the fundamental and applied sciences help to confront the global challenges of COVID-19. The book will be of interest to a wide audience ranging from microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, public health specialists, immunologists, disease epidemiologists, academics and students of biology, medicine and health sciences. The content should also appeal to readers from industry and the general public.
Key Features:

• Coverage of ten key COVID-19 topics from micro (virus) to macro (public health) levels
• Integration of important aspects of COVID-19 across basic science, clinical medicine and public health disciplines
• An international panel of authors who are experts in virology, infectious diseases and public health from USA, UK, China, India, Malaysia and Singapore

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