Emerging threats from zoonotic coronaviruses-from SARS and MERS to 2019-nCoV
Ping-IngLee, Po-RenHsueh
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2020.02.001
Coronaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that are widely detected in mammals and birds, and commonly denoted in etiologies of upper respiratory tract infections in humans.1, 2, 3 Two potentially dangerous zoonotic coronaviruses have emerged in the past two decades. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), originating from China, was responsible for the first outbreak that extended from 2002 to 2003. The second outbreak occurred in 2012 in the Middle East and was caused by the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).