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COVID-19: What Do We Have Learnt So Far?

Author(s) -

Samreen Zaidi

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

national journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2519-7878

pISSN - 2519-7053

DOI - 10.21089/njhs.52.0055

Subject(s) - coronaviridae , coronavirus , middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , middle east respiratory syndrome , virology , betacoronavirus , covid-19 , coronavirus infections , nidovirales , biology , medicine , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are the largest group of viruses; order is Nidovirales while family is Coronaviridae. They are further subdivided into four groups, the alpha, beta, gamma and delta coronaviruses [1]. These viruses usually cause mild infections but two zoonotic epidemics of the betacoronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) [2] and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) [3] have occurred in this century, mortality rates of 10% for SARS-CoV [4] while a very high i.e. 37% for MERS-CoV [5].

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