[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 …

Pandemics throughout history

J Piret, G Boivin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of infectious diseases with pandemic potential occurred
regularly throughout history. Major pandemics and epidemics such as plague, cholera, flu …

The deadly coronaviruses: The 2003 SARS pandemic and the 2020 novel coronavirus epidemic in China

Y Yang, F Peng, R Wang, K Guan, T Jiang, G Xu… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 2019-nCoV is officially called SARS-CoV-2 and the disease is named COVID-19. This
viral epidemic in China has led to the deaths of over 1800 people, mostly elderly or those …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic origins of human coronaviruses

ZW Ye, S Yuan, KS Yuen, SY Fung… - International journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mutation and adaptation have driven the co-evolution of coronaviruses (CoVs) and their
hosts, including human beings, for thousands of years. Before 2003, two human CoVs …

Another decade, another coronavirus

S Perlman - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
For the third time in as many decades, a zoonotic coronavirus has crossed species to infect
human populations. This virus, provisionally called 2019-nCoV, was first identified in …

SARS and MERS: recent insights into emerging coronaviruses

E De Wit, N Van Doremalen, D Falzarano… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The emergence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in
2012 marked the second introduction of a highly pathogenic coronavirus into the human …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology, genetic recombination, and pathogenesis of coronaviruses

S Su, G Wong, W Shi, J Liu, ACK Lai, J Zhou, W Liu… - Trends in …, 2016 - cell.com
Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) were first described in the 1960s for patients with the
common cold. Since then, more HCoVs have been discovered, including those that cause …

[HTML][HTML] A genomic perspective on the origin and emergence of SARS-CoV-2

YZ Zhang, EC Holmes - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The ongoing pandemic of a new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has generated
enormous global concern. We and others in China were involved in the initial genome …

COVID-19: Immunology and treatment options

S Felsenstein, JA Herbert, PS McNamara… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV2 causes COVID-19, a pandemic threatening millions. As
protective immunity does not exist in humans and the virus is capable of esca** innate …

Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins

K **ao, J Zhai, Y Feng, N Zhou, X Zhang, JJ Zou, N Li… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) poses unprecedented
challenges to global health. The new coronavirus responsible for this outbreak—severe …