The epidemic of 2019-novel-coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pneumonia and insights for emerging infectious diseases in the future

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At the end of December 2019, a novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, caused an outbreak of pneumonia spreading from Wuhan, Hubei province, to the whole country of China, which has posed great threats to public health and attracted enormous attention around the world. To date, there are no clinically approved vaccines or antiviral drugs available for these human coronavirus infections. Intensive research on the novel emerging human infectious coronaviruses is urgently needed to elucidate their route of transmission and pathogenic mechanisms, and to identify potential drug targets, which would promote the development of effective preventive and therapeutic countermeasures. Herein, we describe the epidemic and etiological characteristics of 2019-nCoV, discuss its essential biological features, including tropism and receptor usage, summarize approaches for disease prevention and treatment, and speculate on the transmission route of 2019-nCoV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Microbes and infection - 22(2020), 2 vom: 15. März, Seite 80-85

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Jin-Yan [VerfasserIn]
You, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Zhi-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Ge, Xing-Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019-nCoV
ACE2
Antiviral Agents
Bat
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Receptors, Virus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
SARS-CoV
Spike

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.03.2020

Date Revised 13.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.micinf.2020.02.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM30680199X