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Mar 16, 2020 · First, an attack rate of 83% within the family context is alarmingly high, indicating the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2. Second, the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 in this family range from mild to moderate, with more systematic symptoms and more severe radiological abnormalities seen in older patients.
Dec 31, 2020 · SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has had a major impact on human health globally; infecting a large number of people; causing severe disease and associated long-term health sequelae; resulting in death and excess mortality, especially among older and vulnerable populations; interrupting routine healthcare services; disruptions to travel, trade, education and many other societal ...
Mar 30, 2021 · Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Origin of SARS-CoV-2 (26 March 2020) - Origin of SARS-CoV-2. WHO recommendations to reduce risk of transmission of emerging pathogens from animals to humans in live animal markets or animal product markets (26 March 2020) - WHO recommendations to reduce risk of ...
What You Need to Know COVID-19. COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that emerged in December 2019. COVID-19 can be severe, and has caused millions of deaths around the world as well as lasting health problems in some who have survived the illness. The coronavirus can be spread from person to person.
Apr 5, 2023 · In late December 2020, a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage was identified to be expanding rapidly in parts of the United Kingdom, carrying a large number of mutations in the spike region 126, 127. This ...
Oct 1, 2020 · The genome of SARS-CoV-2 is comprised of a single-stranded positive-sense RNA . The newly sequenced genome of the SARS-CoV-2 was submitted in the NCBI genome database (NC_045512.2) ~29.9 Kb in size . The genetic makeup of SARS-CoV-2 is composed of 13–15 (12 functional) open reading frames (ORFs) containing ~30,000 nucleotides.
Jan 18, 2023 · Since its initial emergence in Wuhan in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused more than 641 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 6.6 million ...
