Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and its outlook

Seiya Yamayoshi; Yoshihiro Kawaoka

doi:10.35772/ghm.2020.01009

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and its outlook

Glob Health Med. 2020 Feb 29;2(1):1-2. doi: 10.35772/ghm.2020.01009.

Authors

Seiya Yamayoshi¹, Yoshihiro Kawaoka^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA.
³ Department of Special Pathogens, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported at the end of 2019 in China. By the end of February 2020, the virus has spread worldwide through continuous human-to-human transmission via contact and droplet infection, demonstrating the ease with which emerging viruses disperse globally through the mass transport system. Here, we summarize our knowledge of other coronaviruses that have infected humans in comparison with SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; human coronaviruses; intermediate host; reservoir.

2020, National Center for Global Health and Medicine.

Publication types

Editorial