From SARS to COVID-19: A previously unknown SARS- related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) of pandemic potential infecting humans - Call for a One Health approach

Mohamed E El Zowalaty; Josef D Järhult

doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100124

From SARS to COVID-19: A previously unknown SARS- related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) of pandemic potential infecting humans - Call for a One Health approach

One Health. 2020 Feb 24:9:100124. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100124. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

Mohamed E El Zowalaty^{1

2}, Josef D Järhult³

Affiliations

¹ Zoonosis Science Center, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Infectious Diseases and Anti-Infective Therapy Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Sharjah Medical Research Institute, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
³ Zoonosis Science Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Abstract

Human coronaviruses continue to pose a threat to human health. The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 which causes coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), an acute respiratory disease marked the third introduction of a highly pathogenic coronavirus into the human population in the twenty-first century. This recent emergence of a previously unknown coronavirus in China leads to huge impacts on humans globally. Covid-19 is a challenge to global public health. Here, we discuss the COVID-19 outbreak in a one health context, highlighting the need for the implementation of one health measures and practices to improve human health and reduce the emergence of pandemic viruses.