einstein (São Paulo). 20/Oct/2021;19:eCE6448.

Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders associated with COVID-19. Part I: overview and neurological disorders

Martina Giacalone ORCID logo , Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone ORCID logo , Luca Marin ORCID logo , Massimiliano Febbi ORCID logo , Tommaso Russano ORCID logo , Andrea Giacalone ORCID logo

DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2021CE6448

Dear Editor,
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a highly contagious and pathogenic virus. In December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. A few weeks later, in January 2020, Chinese authorities determined that the outbreak was caused by a new coronavirus. To date, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide exceeds 200 million, and more than 4.4 million people have died from the disease.(1)

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Neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders associated with COVID-19. Part I: overview and neurological disorders