Open AccessNOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-nCoV): DISEASE BRIEFINGS
Author(s) -
Kanaan Al-Tameemi,
Raiaan Kabakli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i5.37436
Subject(s) - outbreak , covid-19 , virology , coronavirus , pneumonia , betacoronavirus , viral pneumonia , virus , biology , disease , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Coronavirus (CoV) (2019‐nCoV) is a large, enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus. The abnormal outbreak of 2019‐nCoV in Wuhan warns of the risk of CoV (2019‐nCoV) to public health which causes viral pneumonia outbreak. In our review, we will discuss the biology of CoVs and the potential risk of the novel CoV (2019‐nCoV) and guide us to strategic objectives for controlling the virus.