Open AccessBat-Human Coronaviruses: A Global Health Problem and a Therapeutic Challenge
Author(s) -
Jalal Aamir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2767-5416
DOI - 10.47485/2767-5416.10010
Subject(s) - coronavirus , outbreak , virology , covid-19 , transmission (telecommunications) , betacoronavirus , biology , severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus , coronaviridae , pandemic , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , computer science , pathology , telecommunications
There are four genera of coronaviruses including α-coronaviruses, β-coronaviruses, γ-coronaviruses, and δ-coronaviruses. α and β-coronavirus can infect mammals, while γ-coronavirus and δ-coronavirus generally infect birds. Four coronaviruses are known to cause mild upper respiratory infection in humans of all ages including infants. The transmission of coronaviruses from animals (birds) to causes respiratory illness has been reported as early as 1969 by Kapikian et al. Communitywide outbreak associated with 229E-like coronavirus has be reported as early as 1970 by Cavallaro and Monto [1-7].