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Lessons learned from the first and second wave of COVID-19 disease pandemic in India!
Shital Patil1, Abhijit Acharya2, Ganesh Narwade1
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India 2 Department of Pathology, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Shital Patil, Pulmonary Medicine, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jascp.jascp_24_22
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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia is a heterogeneous disease with variable effect on lung parenchyma, airways, and vasculature leading to long-term effects on lung functions. Although the lung is the primary target organ involvement in COVID-19, many patients were shown pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations of diseases variably during the first and second wave, which occurred as resultant pathophysiological effects of immune activation pathway and direct virus-induced lung damage.
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