Recent Insights into Emerging Coronavirus: SARS-CoV-2.

Recent Insights into Emerging Coronavirus: SARS-CoV-2.

Zifang Shang, Siew Yin Chan, William J Liu, Peng Li, Wei Huang

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak that emerged at the end of 2019 has affected more than 58 million people with more than 1.38 million deaths and has had an incalculable impact on the world . Extensive prevention and treatment measures have been implemented since the pandemic. In this Review, we summarize current understanding on the source, transmission characteristics, and pathogenic mechanism of SARS-CoV-2. We also detail the recent development of diagnostic methods and potential treatment strategies of COVID-19 with focus on the ongoing clinical trials of antibodies, vaccines, and inhibitors for combating the emerging coronavirus.

2020

pathogenesis, transmission, vaccine, covid-19, Diagnosis, antibody, Pandemic, inhibitor, SARS-CoV-2, Therapy

10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00646

ACS infectious diseases