Open AccessCoronaviruses
Author(s) -
J Rajčáni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta virologica
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.412
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1336-2305
pISSN - 0001-723X
DOI - 10.4149/av_2020_215
Subject(s) - virology , coronavirus , covid-19 , biology , medicine , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
The members of coronavirus family are facultative pathogens of birds and mammals, including men. From their first isolation 60 years ago, they caused smaller or larger epidemics mainly originating from China. The most recent pandemic quickly spreading worldwide has affected over 2,000,000 people. Keywords: coronavirus; epidemic; single strand vRNA.