Unveiling the Origin and Transmission of 2019-nCoV.

Xu, Yifei

Xu, Yifei.

Xu Y; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: yifei.xu@ndm.ox.ac.uk.

Trends Microbiol ; 28(4): 239-240, 2020 04.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1734

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

A novel coronavirus has caused thousands of human infections in China since December 2019, raising a global public health concern. Recent studies (Huang et al., Chan et al., and Zhou et al.) have provided timely insights into its origin and ability to spread among humans, informing infection prevention and control practices.

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Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections/transmission; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission; Public Health; Zoonoses; Animals; Betacoronavirus/genetics; Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity; COVID-19; Chiroptera; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; Livestock; Melia azedarach; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus/pathogenicity; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus/pathogenicity; SARS-CoV-2; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

Keywords

2019-nCoV; human-to-human transmission; interspecies transmission; pneumonia; public health

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Zoonoses / Public Health / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Observational study Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Trends Microbiol Journal subject: Microbiology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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