From SARS to MERS, thrusting coronaviruses into the spotlight

Z Song, Y Xu, L Bao, L Zhang, P Yu, Y Qu, H Zhu… - viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coronaviruses (CoVs) have formerly been regarded as relatively harmless respiratory
pathogens to humans. However, two outbreaks of severe respiratory tract infection, caused …

Are RNA viruses candidate agents for the next global pandemic? A review

R Carrasco-Hernandez, R Jácome, Y López Vidal… - ILAR …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Pathogenic RNA viruses are potentially the most important group involved in zoonotic
disease transmission, and they represent a challenge for global disease control. Their …

A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction

CW Tan, WN Chia, X Qin, P Liu, MIC Chen, C Tiu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
A robust serological test to detect neutralizing antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 is urgently needed
to determine not only the infection rate, herd immunity and predicted humoral protection, but …

Animal models, zoonotic reservoirs, and cross-species transmission of emerging human-infecting coronaviruses

Y Kane, G Wong, GF Gao - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past three decades, coronavirus (CoV) diseases have impacted humans more than
any other emerging infectious disease. The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory …

Zoonotic and reverse zoonotic transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2

IV Goraichuk, V Arefiev, BT Stegniy, AP Gerilovych - Virus research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first known pandemic caused by
a coronavirus. Its causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

A comprehensive review of animal models for coronaviruses: SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV

A Singh, RS Singh, P Sarma, G Batra, R Joshi, H Kaur… - Virologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has already affected a large population …

Efficacy of an adjuvanted Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike protein vaccine in dromedary camels and alpacas

DR Adney, L Wang, N Van Doremalen, W Shi, Y Zhang… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
MERS-CoV is present in dromedary camels throughout the Middle East and Africa.
Dromedary camels are the primary zoonotic reservoir for human infections. Interruption of …

[HTML][HTML] Livestock susceptibility to infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

J Vergara-Alert, JMA van den Brand… - Emerging infectious …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases continue to be reported, predominantly in
Saudi Arabia and occasionally other countries. Although dromedaries are the main …

Global status of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels: a systematic review

RS Sikkema, E Farag, M Islam, M Atta… - Epidemiology & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Dromedary camels have been shown to be the main reservoir for human Middle East
respiratory syndrome (MERS) infections. This systematic review aims to compile and …

Host diversity and potential transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 at the human-animal interface

HD Hedman, E Krawczyk, YA Helmy, L Zhang, C Varga - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Emerging infectious diseases present great risks to public health. The novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing coronavirus disease 2019 …