Within two decades, there have emerged three highly pathogenic and deadly human
coronaviruses, namely SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. The economic burden …

Abstract Human Coronaviruses (HCoV), periodically emerging across the world, are
potential threat to humans such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS …

Abstract First reported from Wuhan, The People's Republic of China, on 31 December 2019,
the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus (2019‐nCoV) causes great global concerns …

Coronaviruses (CoVs) have formerly been regarded as relatively harmless respiratory
pathogens to humans. However, two outbreaks of severe respiratory tract infection, caused …

Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have been considered to be relatively harmless respiratory
pathogens in the past. However, after the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Bats are speculated to be reservoirs of several emerging viruses including coronaviruses
(CoVs) that cause serious disease in humans and agricultural animals. These include CoVs …

Although short-range large-droplet transmission is possible for most respiratory infectious
agents, deciding on whether the same agent is also airborne has a potentially huge impact …

On 31 December 2019 the Wuhan Health Commission reported a cluster of atypical
pneumonia cases that was linked to a wet market in the city of Wuhan, China. The first …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel human
coronavirus that has sparked a global pandemic of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID …

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe pandemic caused by a respiratory virus since
the 1918 influenza pandemic. As is the case with other respiratory viruses, three modes of …