From SARS and MERS to COVID-19: a brief summary and comparison of severe acute respiratory infections caused by three highly pathogenic human coronaviruses

From SARS and MERS to COVID-19: a brief summary and comparison of severe acute respiratory infections caused by three highly pathogenic human coronaviruses

Abstract Within two decades, there have emerged three highly pathogenic and deadly human coronaviruses, namely SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. The economic burden and health threats caused by these coronaviruses are extremely dreadful and getting more serious as the increasing number of global in...

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Main Authors: Zhixing Zhu, Xihua Lian, Xiaoshan Su, Weijing Wu, Giuseppe A. Marraro, Yiming Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
SARS-CoV
MERS-CoV
SARS-CoV-2
Illness
Biological features
Clinical characteristics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-020-01479-w

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