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Editor, Senior Moderator
Curr Opin Virol
. 2020 Jun 4;40:37-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.05.010. Online ahead of print.
The Continued Epidemic Threat of SARS-CoV-2 and Implications for the Future of Global Public Health
Timothy P Sheahan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthew B Frieman[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A new coronavirus (CoV) called SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as the etiological agent of a viral pneumonia called COVID-19. The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been so extensive that the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Below, we discuss the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and provide the historical context, which strongly suggests emerging CoVs provide an immediate threat to global public health and will continue to do so in the future.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.
. 2020 Jun 4;40:37-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.05.010. Online ahead of print.
The Continued Epidemic Threat of SARS-CoV-2 and Implications for the Future of Global Public Health
Timothy P Sheahan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matthew B Frieman[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32569751
- DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2020.05.010
Abstract
A new coronavirus (CoV) called SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 as the etiological agent of a viral pneumonia called COVID-19. The global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has been so extensive that the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Below, we discuss the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and provide the historical context, which strongly suggests emerging CoVs provide an immediate threat to global public health and will continue to do so in the future.
Copyright ? 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.