COVID-19 outbreak: an overview

M Ciotti, S Angeletti, M Minieri, M Giovannetti… - Chemotherapy, 2020 - karger.com
Abstract Background: In late December 2019, Chinese health authorities reported an
outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Summary: A few days …

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 …

Genome composition and divergence of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originating in China

A Wu, Y Peng, B Huang, X Ding, X Wang, P Niu… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
An in-depth annotation of the newly discovered coronavirus (2019-nCoV) genome has
revealed differences between 2019-nCoV and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19: The first documented coronavirus pandemic in history

YC Liu, RL Kuo, SR Shih - Biomedical journal, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel human coronavirus disease COVID-19 has become the fifth documented
pandemic since the 1918 flu pandemic. COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China, and …

The human coronaviruses (HCoVs) and the molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Santacroce, IA Charitos, DM Carretta… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
In humans, coronaviruses can cause infections of the respiratory system, with damage of
varying severity depending on the virus examined: ranging from mild-to-moderate upper …

Pathogenetic profiling of COVID-19 and SARS-like viruses

Z Nain, HK Rana, P Liò, SMS Islam… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has recently emerged, causing COVID-19
outbreaks and significant societal/global disruption. Importantly, COVID-19 infection …

The human coronavirus disease COVID-19: its origin, characteristics, and insights into potential drugs and its mechanisms

L Alanagreh, F Alzoughool, M Atoum - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
The emerging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept across the world, affecting more than
200 countries and territories. Genomic analysis suggests that the COVID-19 virus originated …

Genome evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and its virological characteristics

S Nakagawa, T Miyazawa - Inflammation and regeneration, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), which originated in China in 2019,
shows mild cold and pneumonia symptoms that can occasionally worsen and result in …

A unique protease cleavage site predicted in the spike protein of the novel pneumonia coronavirus (2019-nCoV) potentially related to viral transmissibility

Q Wang, Y Qiu, JY Li, ZJ Zhou, CH Liao, XY Ge - Virologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia
(Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China (Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al …

Genomic analysis and comparative multiple sequences of SARS-CoV2

TJ Chang, DM Yang, ML Wang, KH Liang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: China announced an outbreak of new coronavirus in the city of Wuhan on
December 31, 2019; lash to now, the virus transmission has become pandemic worldwide …