2020, Cilt 36, Sayı 5, Sayfa(lar) 001-010 | |
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The origin of SARS-CoV-2, history, present and future status of coronaviruses | |
Murat Kaplan | |
Bornova Veterinary Control Institute, Virology Department, Izmir, Turkey | |
Keywords: Coronaviruses, COVID-19, HCoVs, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 | |
Abstract | |
Coronaviruses (CoVs) have generally progressed with common cold
and sometimes pneumonia in humans until 2002. However, highly
virulent CoVs associated with high mortality infections such as
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory
Syndrome have began to emerge after 2002 and finally caused the
emergence of a new disease (COVID-19) characterized by pneumonia
symptoms in China in December 2019. COVID-19, transmitted in
a short time, has affected to whole world and attracted all the attention.
Besides strict quarantine measures, personal hygiene, protection
of social distancing and use of personal protective equipment
have been adopted as the main rule. Also, rapid test kits, vaccine and
antiviral drug studies have accelerated fully. Although it remains
uncertain when COVID-19 pandemic will end, when gains from
the pandemic are considered as a whole; it is clear that experiences
gained from pandemic reduce the incidence and perhaps would
help to end of the pandemic and will have a great effect on the control
of possible mild or serious epidemics in the future. In addition,
emergence of animal origin CoVs causing repetitive epidemics or
pandemics in humans has once again demonstrated the importance
of the ONE HEALTH concept in collaboration betwen veterinary and
human medicine. The purpose of this review is to convey the origin
and history of coronaviruses, which the whole world is now aware
of, as well as to enlighten current status of CoVs and evaluate the
possible future effects of CoVs in order to be ready for next possible
epidemic of CoVs. |
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