Prevalence and control of human diseases caused by Beta Coronavirus
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2020.20001
- VernacularTitle:β-冠状病毒引起人类疾病的流行与控制
- Author:
Cheng-long XIONG
1
;
Lu-fang JIANG
;
Qing-wu JIANG
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 200032, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
Beta Coronavirus;
severe pneumonia;
reservoir;
recombination;
Chiropteran;
cross-species;
droplet-airborne transmission
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;32(1):58-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Beta coronaviruses (β-CoVs) can infect human and a variety of animals, causing respiratory, intestinal, liver and nervous system diseases of the hosts.Since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by coronavirus in 32 countries and regions in 2002, there have been Middle East respiratory syndrome and human coronavirus HKU1 pneumonia caused by other viruses of this genus.β-CoVs pose a continuous threat to human health with its high transmission efficiency, serious infection consequences and uncertain epidemic outbreaks.Hereby, the epidemic history, virus sources and transmission modes of β-CoVs, as well as the detection and monitoring methods for the virus are reviewed in the paper to provide ideas and measures for better control of human diseases caused by β-CoVs.
