Current knowledge of COVID-19: Advances, challenges and future perspectives

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already evoked massive influence. The global pandemic has been ravaging the whole world for a year, with the number of confirmed human infection cases over 150 million and a death toll exceeding 3 million. Although the genomic sequence of the c...

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Autores principales: Wu, Yuhan, Peng, Zhuobing, Yan, Yongxue, Hu, Jintao, Wang, Yalong, Wang, Xiaoyu, Peng, Ruchao, Watterson, Daniel, Shi, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chinese Medical Association Publishing House. Published by Elsevier BV. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8176881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bsheal.2021.06.001
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Sumario:The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already evoked massive influence. The global pandemic has been ravaging the whole world for a year, with the number of confirmed human infection cases over 150 million and a death toll exceeding 3 million. Although the genomic sequence of the cognate pathogen SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) has been quickly determined, there are still many unknown aspects, including the virus origin and evolution trend, and the effectiveness of current vaccines and drugs against the mutating virus. This review summarizes current knowledge and advances about COVID-19, including virus origin, transmission and infection, with the aim to improve the understanding of COVID-19 and provide a new perspective for future studies.

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