Open AccessIdentification of a novel coronavirus causing severe pneumonia in human: a descriptive study
Author(s) -
Li Ren,
Ye Ming Wang,
Zhaojun Wu,
Zi Chun Xiang,
Li Guo,
Xu Teng,
Yong Jiang,
Yan Xiong,
Yong Jun Li,
Xing Wang Li,
Hui Li,
Guo Hui Fan,
Xiao Gu,
Xiao Yan,
Hong Gao,
Jiu Yang Xu,
Fan Yang,
Xinming Wang,
ChiPhi Wu,
Lan Chen,
Yi-Wei Liu,
Bo Liu,
Jian Yang,
Xiao Rui Wang,
Jie Dong,
Li Li,
Chao Huang,
Jian Ping Zhao,
Yi Hu,
Zhen Cheng,
Lin Lin Liu,
Zhao Hui Qian,
Chuan Qin,
Qi Jin,
Bin Cao,
Jian Wei Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000722
Subject(s) - genbank , pneumonia , virology , biology , phylogenetic tree , coronavirus , sequence analysis , bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , virus , gene , genetics , lung , infectious disease (medical specialty) , covid-19 , disease
Human infections with zoonotic coronaviruses (CoVs), including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV, have raised great public health concern globally. Here, we report a novel bat-origin CoV causing severe and fatal pneumonia in humans.