[HTML][HTML] The outbreak of COVID-19: An overview

YC Wu, CS Chen, YJ Chan - Journal of the Chinese medical …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In late December 2019, a previous unidentified coronavirus, currently named as the 2019
novel coronavirus#, emerged from Wuhan, China, and resulted in a formidable outbreak in …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2: an emerging coronavirus that causes a global threat

J Zheng - International journal of biological sciences, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus, currently designated as
the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was reported recently …

Human coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses: underestimated opportunistic pathogens of the central nervous system?

M Desforges, A Le Coupanec, P Dubeau, A Bourgouin… - viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Respiratory viruses infect the human upper respiratory tract, mostly causing mild diseases.
However, in vulnerable populations, such as newborns, infants, the elderly and immune …

Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model

B Rockx, T Kuiken, S Herfst, T Bestebroer, MM Lamers… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The current pandemic coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), was recently identified in patients with an acute respiratory syndrome …

Coronavirus envelope protein: current knowledge

D Schoeman, BC Fielding - Virology journal, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronaviruses (CoVs) primarily cause enzootic infections in birds and
mammals but, in the last few decades, have shown to be capable of infecting humans as …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

J Cui, F Li, ZL Shi - Nature reviews microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory
syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are two highly transmissible and pathogenic viruses …

One year update on the COVID-19 pandemic: Where are we now?

SK Mishra, T Tripathi - Acta tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
We are living through an unprecedented crisis with the rapid spread of the new coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) worldwide within a short time. The timely availability of thousands of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of different samples for 2019 novel coronavirus detection by nucleic acid amplification tests

C Xie, L Jiang, G Huang, H Pu, B Gong, H Lin… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An ongoing outbreak of severe respiratory pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel
coronavirus has recently emerged in China. Here we report the epidemiological, clinical …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus viroporin 3a activates the NLRP3 inflammasome

IY Chen, M Moriyama, MF Chang… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nod-like receptor family, pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) regulates the secretion of
proinflammatory cytokines interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) and IL-18. We previously showed that …