Advances in recently identified coronaviruses.
- Author:
He-Yuan GENG
1
;
Wen-Jie TAN
Author Information
1. Biotech Center for Viral Disease Emergency, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing 102206, China. ghy-08@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Coronavirus;
classification;
genetics;
isolation & purification;
Coronavirus Infections;
transmission;
Humans;
Phylogeny
- From:
Chinese Journal of Virology
2013;29(1):65-70
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which include viruses that cause the common cold and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in humans and other diseases in animals. There are considerable genetic diversities within coronaviruses due to their wide rang hosts and their special gene replication and transcription mechanisms. During this process, gene recombinations often occur, resulting in novel subtype or coronavirus emerge constantly. Of note are SARS-like-CoVs and novel HCoV-EMC identified in 2012. This minireview summarized major advances of recently identified coronaviruses, focusing on the genome structures and interspecies jumping mechanism of coronavirus.
