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Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.26367
Subject(s) - outbreak , cover (algebra) , citation , covid-19 , coronavirus , disease , history , medicine , computer science , virology , pathology , world wide web , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , mechanical engineering
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19).