Puneet Bhargava Author

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Dermatological manifestations of covid-19 – a study from north India

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Puneet Bhargava

As of June 15th, 2020, COVID-19 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS‐CoV‐2] has infected 3.67 lakh patients in India bringing the world total to 8.4 million.

SARS-CoV 2 is an enveloped virus composed of positive sense single-stranded RNA and belongs to the coronavirus family. The lungs being the primary site of infection, with patients presenting symptoms ranging from a mild flu-like symptoms to fulminant pneumonia and potentially lethal respiratory distress.

Interestingly, there have been many COVID-19 cases reported with cutaneous manifestations. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of various cutaneous manifestation in patients with COVID-19.

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