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Advances and challenges in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Since the end of 2019, a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading rapidly throughout the world. Previously, there were two outbreaks of severe coronavirus caused by different coronaviruses worldwide, na...

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Autores principales: Han, Yan-Jie, Ren, Zhi-Guang, Li, Xin-Xin, Yan, Ji-Liang, Ma, Chun-Yan, Wu, Dong-Dong, Ji, Xin-Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714083
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.47836
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Ma, Chun-Yan
Wu, Dong-Dong
Ji, Xin-Ying
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description Since the end of 2019, a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading rapidly throughout the world. Previously, there were two outbreaks of severe coronavirus caused by different coronaviruses worldwide, namely Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This article introduced the origin, virological characteristics and epidemiological overview of SARS-CoV-2, reviewed the currently known drugs that may prevent and treat coronavirus, explained the characteristics of the new coronavirus and provided novel information for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-73786662020-07-24 Advances and challenges in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 Han, Yan-Jie Ren, Zhi-Guang Li, Xin-Xin Yan, Ji-Liang Ma, Chun-Yan Wu, Dong-Dong Ji, Xin-Ying Int J Med Sci Review Since the end of 2019, a new type of coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading rapidly throughout the world. Previously, there were two outbreaks of severe coronavirus caused by different coronaviruses worldwide, namely Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This article introduced the origin, virological characteristics and epidemiological overview of SARS-CoV-2, reviewed the currently known drugs that may prevent and treat coronavirus, explained the characteristics of the new coronavirus and provided novel information for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Ivyspring International Publisher 2020-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7378666/ /pubmed/32714083 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.47836 Text en © The author(s) This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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