COVID-19: Scientific overview of the global pandemic

COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Genome sequence of the virus revealed that it’s a new zoonotic virus which might have evolved by jumping from bats to humans with one or more intermediate hosts. The immediate availability of the sequence...

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/15352
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100800
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/15352
Palabra clave:
COVID-19
Global Pandemic
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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Summary:COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Genome sequence of the virus revealed that it’s a new zoonotic virus which might have evolved by jumping from bats to humans with one or more intermediate hosts. The immediate availability of the sequence information in public domain has accelerated development of quantitative-reverse-transcription PCR based diagnostics. Besides, numbers of clinical trials have been prioritized globally for testing new vaccines and treatments against this disease. This review gives a broad insight into different aspects of the COVID-19 disease, introduction to SARS-CoV-2, mitigation strategies, present status of diagnostics and therapeutics.