Vol 4, Issue 3
Pages 373–382
Published: 09 Jul 2021
Hanan M. Maetouq1, Abdulsalam S. Mahmoud2,*, Abdulati El Salem3, Khaled A. Aisawi5, Ashraf A Naass6, Abdulaziz M. Alkeelani4, Mahmud EL. Abushhewa4
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Citation: Hanan M. Maetouq, Abdulsalam S. Mahmoud, Abdulati El Salem, Khaled A. Aisawi, Ashraf A Naass,
Abdulaziz M. Alkeelani, Mahmud EL. Abushhewa. Preliminary Epidemiological Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 and
Risk Factors Associated with Infection in Tarhouna, Libya. Fortune Journal of Health Sciences 4 (2021): 373-382.
DOI: 10.26502/fjhs.028
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Abstract
Background: During the last couple of years, the emerging and re-emerging viral diseases have been spilled over and were considered of great international concern, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus (MERS-CoV), Ebola virus disease and Severe Acute Respiratory distress Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread rapidly around the world since emerging in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; Infection
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1. Introduction