Publisher's Synopsis
CORONAVIRUS,
Coronaviruses were discovered in the mid-1960s and are known to infect humans and diffrent animals (including birds and mammals). Since 2002, two coronaviruses infecting animals have spread and caused outbreaks in humans: SARS-CoV (2002, Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus), and MERS-CoV (2012, Betacoronavirus, subgenus Merbecovirus) The many of human cases have been reported from the Arabian Peninsula. Human-to-human- transmission, mainly in healthcare settings, has been the main route of transmission. In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was isolated for the first time from three patients with pneumonia, connected to the cluster of acute respiratory illness cases from Wuhan, China. Genetic analysis showed that it is extremely related to SARS-CoV and genetically clusters within the genus Betacoronavirus, forming a distinct clade in lineage B of the subgenus Sarbecovirus together with two bat-derived SARS-like strains
