COVID-19: What Do We Have Learnt So Far?

Authors

  • Samreen Kulsoom Zaidi Department of Paediatrics, National Institute of Blood Disease & Bone Marrow Transplantation Karachi, Pakistan.

Keywords:

SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, WHO

Abstract

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are the largest group of viruses; order is Nidovirales while family is Coronaviridae. They are further subdivided into four groups, the alpha, beta, gamma and delta coronaviruses [1]. These viruses usually cause mild infections but two zoonotic epidemics of the betacoronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) [2] and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) [3] have occurred in this century, mortality rates of 10% for SARS-CoV [4] while a very high i.e. 37% for MERS-CoV [5].

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Published

2020-11-04

How to Cite

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Zaidi SK. COVID-19: What Do We Have Learnt So Far?. Nat J Health Sci [Internet]. 2020Nov.4 [cited 2024Mar.29];5(2):55-7. Available from: https://ojs.njhsciences.com/index.php/njhs/article/view/4

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Editorial