The continued epidemic threat of SARS-CoV-2 and implications for the future of global public health.

Sheahan, Timothy P; Frieman, Matthew B

Sheahan, Timothy P; Frieman, Matthew B.

Sheahan TP; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Frieman MB; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: MFrieman@som.umaryland.edu.

Curr Opin Virol ; 40: 37-40, 2020 02.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-526854

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

A new coronavirus (CoV) called SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as the etiological agent of a viral pneumonia called COVID-19. The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been so extensive that the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Below, we discuss the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and provide the historical context, which strongly suggests emerging CoVs provide an immediate threat to global public health and will continue to do so in the future.

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Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Global Health; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; Animals; COVID-19; China/epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging/virology; Disease Reservoirs/virology; Humans; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; World Health Organization

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Global Health / Coronavirus Infections / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Etiology study / Observational study Limits: Animals / Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Curr Opin Virol Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.coviro.2020.05.010

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