TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
T2 - A global health emergency
AU - Acter, Thamina
AU - Uddin, Nizam
AU - Das, Jagotamoy
AU - Akhter, Afroza
AU - Choudhury, Tasrina Rabia
AU - Kim, Sunghwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/8/15
Y1 - 2020/8/15
N2 - According to data compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, more than two and half million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a newly discovered virus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been confirmed on April 20, 2020 (Nature, 2020b). Since the emergence of this infectious disease in Asia (Wuhan, China) late last year, it has been subsequently span to every continent of the world except Antarctica (Rodríguez-Morales et al., 2020). Along with a foothold in every country, the current disease pandemic is disrupting practically every aspect of life all over the world. As the outbreak are continuing to evolve, several research activities have been conducted for better understanding the origin, functions, treatments, and preventions of this novel coronavirus. This review will be a summa of the key features of novel coronavirus (nCoV), the virus causing disease 2019 and the present epidemic situation worldwide up to April 20, 2020. It is expected that this record will play an important role to take more preventive measures for overcoming the challenges faced during this current pandemic.
AB - According to data compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, more than two and half million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a newly discovered virus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been confirmed on April 20, 2020 (Nature, 2020b). Since the emergence of this infectious disease in Asia (Wuhan, China) late last year, it has been subsequently span to every continent of the world except Antarctica (Rodríguez-Morales et al., 2020). Along with a foothold in every country, the current disease pandemic is disrupting practically every aspect of life all over the world. As the outbreak are continuing to evolve, several research activities have been conducted for better understanding the origin, functions, treatments, and preventions of this novel coronavirus. This review will be a summa of the key features of novel coronavirus (nCoV), the virus causing disease 2019 and the present epidemic situation worldwide up to April 20, 2020. It is expected that this record will play an important role to take more preventive measures for overcoming the challenges faced during this current pandemic.
KW - Epidemic
KW - Novel coronavirus
KW - Public health
KW - Respiratory disease
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084087791&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138996
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138996
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32371230
AN - SCOPUS:85084087791
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 730
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 138996
ER -