Understanding COVID-19

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Understanding COVID-19 Understanding COVID-19 22/05/2020 | 3 MINS Associate Professor Allison Imrie is a virologist in the Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesΓÇÖ School of Biomedical Science, with knowledge of the history of novel viruses and their transmission. She has shared responses to some commonly asked questions surrounding COVID-19 in a dedicated factsheet produced by LIT. Professor Imrie explained that novel viruses are those we did not know about until they were identified. This can happen by investigating an outbreak of a new disease, by looking for novel viruses, or even accidentally while investigating something different. A key question during this COVID-19 environment has been around transmission and what makes a virus easy to pass on. Professor Imrie said it was because the virus itself was able to infect human cells and tissues that, in turn, allowed for more efficient transmission. A virus that infects the respiratory tract is more transmissible between people than a virus that infects nerves. Also, some human h

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Understanding COVID-19 Understanding COVID-19 22/05/2020 | 3 MINS Associate Professor Allison Imrie is a virologist in the Faculty of Health and Medical SciencesΓÇÖ School of Biomedical Science, with knowledge of the history of novel viruses and their transmission.

She has shared responses to some commonly asked questions surrounding COVID-19 in a dedicated factsheet produced by LIT.

We do more when we ask better questions together.