Parkinson's Disease in the Era of a Novel Respiratory Virus Pandemic

OTERO-LOSADA, MATILDE; KOBIEC, TAMARA; UDOVIN, LUCAS; CHEVALIER, GUENSON; QUARRACINO, CECILIA; MENÉNDEZ MAISSONAVE, CAMILA; BORDET, SOFIA; CAPANI, FRANCISCO; PEREZ-LLORET, SANTIAGO

Frontiers in Neurology

Frontiers Media S.A.

Lugar: Leiden; Año: 2020 vol. 11 p. 1 - 4

Humankind has gone through major airborne virus pandemics in themodern era. Coronavirus outbreaks have been registered in 2003 [severeacute respiratory syndrome (SARS)], 2009 [Middle East respiratorysyndrome (MERS)], and 2019/2020 ongoing [CoV disease (COVID-19)].Influenza outbreaks were documented in 1918 (post-World War I Spanishflu, H1N1 virus), 1957–1958 (Asian flu, H2N2 virus), 1968 (the HongKong flu, H3N2 virus), and 2009 (the swine flu, H1N1 virus). Theseviruses can only affect humans after mutating in their usual animalhosts, presenting as a zoonotic disease in the beginning. Unknown tothe human immune system, they spread swiftly, resulting in outbreaks.Fatality rates vary from >30% for MERS, ∼10% for the 1918 Spanish flu,10% for SARS to