Coronavirus diseases 2019 : Current biological situation and potential therapeutic perspective

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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China at the end of December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus and closely related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic due to its high infectiousness, and worldwide morbidities and mortalities. The Chinese scientists at the start of the outbreak reported genome sequences, which made the characterization of glycoproteins and other structural proteins possible. Moreover, researchers across the world have widely focused on understanding basic biology, developing vaccines, and therapeutic drugs against the COVID-19. However, until now, no promising treatment options, as well as vaccines, are available. In this review, we have described SARS-CoV-2's genome, transmission, and pathogenicity. We also discussed novel potential therapeutic agents that can help to treat the COVID-19 patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:886

Enthalten in:

European journal of pharmacology - 886(2020) vom: 05. Nov., Seite 173447

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khan, Suliman [VerfasserIn]
Tombuloglu, Huseyin [VerfasserIn]
Hassanein, Sameh E [VerfasserIn]
Rehman, Suriya [VerfasserIn]
Bozkurt, Ayhan [VerfasserIn]
Cevik, Emre [VerfasserIn]
Abdel-Ghany, Shaimaa [VerfasserIn]
Nabi, Ghulam [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Ashaq [VerfasserIn]
Sabit, Hussein [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Journal Article
Mortality
Pathogenicity
Review
SARS-CoV-2
Treatment

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Date Completed 26.10.2020

Date Revised 15.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173447

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NLM313383731