Open AccessCORONAVIRUSES: BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, WAYS OF PREVENTION
Author(s) -
Anna R. Babayan,
А. П. Фисенко,
Nilab M. Sadeki,
Aminat R. Mirzaeva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rossijskij pediatričeskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-2918
pISSN - 1560-9561
DOI - 10.18821/1560-9561-2020-23-1-57-61
Subject(s) - coronavirus , covid-19 , epidemiology , virology , pneumonia , betacoronavirus , pandemic , outbreak , tropism , biology , tissue tropism , medicine , virus , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The topic of a publication is related to the outbreak of viral pneumonia in patients in Wuhan, China. This literature review reviews works and publications on the biology, detection, epidemiology, and pathology of strains of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV/COVID-19/COVID-19. Data on the genome of the new coronavirus, its possible phylogenetic origin, and its relationship with previously known coronaviruses are considered. The problems of tropism 2019-nCoV/COVID-19/COVID-19 to human cells, pathologies caused by the virus, possible analytical scenarios of the epidemic are described. The methods for the prevention and treatment of infection in humans known at the time of writing are presented. Conclusions on the available data suggest low contagiousness of the infection and indicate the possibility of developing specific active or passive immunization.