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COVID-19: Epidemiology, Evolution, and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.
Sun, Jiumeng; He, Wan-Ting; Wang, Lifang; Lai, Alexander; Ji, Xiang; Zhai, Xiaofeng; Li, Gairu; Suchard, Marc A; Tian, Jin; Zhou, Jiyong; Veit, Michael; Su, Shuo.
  • Sun J; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Institute of Immunology and College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
  • He WT; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Institute of Immunology and College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
  • Wang L; College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
  • Lai A; College of Natural, Applied, and Health Sciences, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, USA.
  • Ji X; Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Zhai X; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Institute of Immunology and College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
  • Li G; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Institute of Immunology and College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
  • Suchard MA; Department of Biomathematics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Tian J; State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China.
  • Zhou J; Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Veit M; Institute for Virology, Center for Infection Medicine, Veterinary Faculty, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: Michael.Veit@fu-berlin.de.
  • Su S; MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, Jiangsu Engineering Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Institute of Immunology and College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. Electronic address: shuosu@njau.edu.cn.
Trends Mol Med ; 26(5): 483-495, 2020 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-11922
ABSTRACT
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan turned into a public health emergency of international concern. With no antiviral drugs nor vaccines, and the presence of carriers without obvious symptoms, traditional public health intervention measures are significantly less effective. Here, we report the epidemiological and virological characteristics of the COVID-19 outbreak. Originated in bats, 2019-nCoV/ severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 likely experienced adaptive evolution in intermediate hosts before transfer to humans at a concentrated source of transmission. Similarities of receptor sequence binding to 2019-nCoV between humans and animals suggest a low species barrier for transmission of the virus to farm animals. We propose, based on the One Health model, that veterinarians and animal specialists should be involved in a cross-disciplinary collaboration in the fight against this epidemic.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Trends Mol Med Journal subject: Molecular Biology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.molmed.2020.02.008

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Trends Mol Med Journal subject: Molecular Biology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.molmed.2020.02.008