2020, Cilt 36, Sayı 5, Sayfa(lar) 041-049 |
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Molecular and epidemiological aspects of SARS CoV-2 |
Emre Özan1, Cüneyt Tamer2, Bahadır Müftüoğlu1 |
1Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Laboratuvar Hayvanları Anabilim Dalı, Atakum, Samsun, Türkiye 2Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Viroloji Anabilim Dalı, Atakum, Samsun, Türkiye |
Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, molecular epidemiology, SARS CoV-2 |
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Mankind has suffered from infections caused by various microorganisms
throughout history. While some of these infections have caused
diseases in a limited region, some of these have caused serious epidemics
and even pandemics that affect the world. The pandemic,
which is caused by the viral agent called Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) in Coronaviridae family, has
taken its place in the history scene as one of the important epidemics
in terms of public health. Although the first notification of the
disease was made in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the disease
started to appear in many countries for a short time and it was declared
as pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Today,
it is known that about 19 million people get the disease, besides the
disease has not been controlled yet. Also, the fact that the disease
causes deaths, especially in the elderly and/or people with chronic
diseases in different age groups, reveals the severity of the outbreak.
Various researches are carried out by many countries to increase our
knowledge about the molecular and epidemiological properties of
SARS CoV-2 and to develop vaccines and antiviral agents, which are
critical in fighting the disease. As a result of these researches, promising
news started to come especially in vaccine development studies.
However, better knowledge of the molecular structure of SARS
CoV2 and the monitoring of possible mutations are critical, especially
for vaccination success.
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