[PDF][PDF] Emerging coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a pandemic public health emergency with animal linkages: current status update

YS Malik, S Sircar, S Bhat, OR Vinodhkumar, R Tiwari… - 2020 - researchgate.net
After the appearance of first cases of 'pneumonia of unknown origin'in the Wuhan city,
China, during late 2019, the disease progressed fast. Its cause was identified as a novel …

Novel 2019 coronavirus: Genome structure, clinical trials, and outstanding questions

MP Jogalekar, A Veerabathini… - … Biology and Medicine, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Novel 2019 coronavirus has created havoc across the globe since its emergence in
December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and fast spreading potential. While we were able to …

[HTML][HTML] Mutation patterns of human SARS-CoV-2 and bat RaTG13 coronavirus genomes are strongly biased towards C> U transitions, indicating rapid evolution in …

R Matyášek, A Kovařík - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pandemic caused by the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has led to considerable interest in its
evolutionary origin and genome structure. Here, we analyzed mutation patterns in 34 human …

[HTML][HTML] Coronavirus: update related to the current outbreak of COVID-19

G Gabutti, E d'Anchera, F Sandri, M Savio… - Infectious diseases and …, 2020 - Springer
In December 2019, some cases of viral pneumonia were epidemiologically related to a new
coronavirus in the province of Hubei, China. Subsequently, there has been an increase in …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of bat-related betacoronaviruses: hazard and risks

R Frutos, J Serra-Cobo, L Pinault… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with more than 111 million
reported cases and 2,500,000 deaths worldwide (mortality rate currently estimated at 2.2%) …

[HTML][HTML] Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen

OA MacLean, S Lytras, S Weaver, JB Singer… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Virus host shifts are generally associated with novel adaptations to exploit the cells of the
new host species optimally. Surprisingly, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] A novel bat coronavirus closely related to SARS-CoV-2 contains natural insertions at the S1/S2 cleavage site of the spike protein

H Zhou, X Chen, T Hu, J Li, H Song, Y Liu, P Wang… - Current biology, 2020 - cell.com
The unprecedented pandemic of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,
in China and beyond has had major public health impacts on a global scale [1, 2]. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia

S Wacharapluesadee, CW Tan, P Maneeorn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Among the many questions unanswered for the COVID-19 pandemic are the origin of SARS-
CoV-2 and the potential role of intermediate animal host (s) in the early animal-to-human …

A doubt of multiple introduction of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Italy: a preliminary overview

M Giovanetti, S Angeletti, D Benvenuto… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of the novel betacoronavirus, recently renamed as severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has raised serious concerns due to the virus's rapid …

Computational inference of selection underlying the evolution of the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

R Cagliani, D Forni, M Clerici, M Sironi - Journal of virology, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that
recently emerged in China is thought to have a bat origin, as its closest known relative …