Emergence of a novel human coronavirus threatening human health

Nat Med. 2020 Mar;26(3):317-319. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0796-5.

Abstract

In late December 2019, a cluster of patients with ‘atypical pneumonia’ of unknown etiology was reported in Wuhan, China. A novel human coronavirus, now provisionally called ‘SARS-CoV-2’, was identified as the cause of this disease, now named ‘COVID-19’.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Betacoronavirus / physiology*
  • Betacoronavirus / ultrastructure
  • COVID-19
  • China / epidemiology
  • Chiroptera / virology
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / immunology
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Public Health*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Viral Load