Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that cause the common cold and severe diseases such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) [1–3]. Near the end of 2019, a novel strain named SARS-CoV-2 [4], and previously not identified in humans caused the outbreak of a new disease (commonly known as COVID19) that started in China and is rapidly spreading in Asia, Europe, the USA, Australia and the rest of the world. Like SARS-CoV and MERSCoV, SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonosis in which bats are probably the source of the virus, and other mammals were intermediary hosts that subsequently infected humans
A deadly spillover: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak / Mori M.; Capasso C.; Carta F.; Donald W.A.; Supuran C.T.. - In: EXPERT OPINION ON THERAPEUTIC PATENTS. - ISSN 1354-3776. - ELETTRONICO. - 30:(2020), pp. 481-485. [10.1080/13543776.2020.1760838]
A deadly spillover: SARS-CoV-2 outbreak
Carta F.;Supuran C. T.
2020
Abstract
Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that cause the common cold and severe diseases such as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) [1–3]. Near the end of 2019, a novel strain named SARS-CoV-2 [4], and previously not identified in humans caused the outbreak of a new disease (commonly known as COVID19) that started in China and is rapidly spreading in Asia, Europe, the USA, Australia and the rest of the world. Like SARS-CoV and MERSCoV, SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonosis in which bats are probably the source of the virus, and other mammals were intermediary hosts that subsequently infected humans
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