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New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Complexities Resulting in a Tragedy
Version 1
: Received: 21 April 2020 / Approved: 23 April 2020 / Online: 23 April 2020 (08:18:24 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 25 April 2020 / Approved: 26 April 2020 / Online: 26 April 2020 (05:13:37 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 25 April 2020 / Approved: 26 April 2020 / Online: 26 April 2020 (05:13:37 CEST)
How to cite: Grunig, G.; Durmus, N.; Marsh, L. New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Complexities Resulting in a Tragedy. Preprints 2020, 2020040407. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0407.v2 Grunig, G.; Durmus, N.; Marsh, L. New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Complexities Resulting in a Tragedy. Preprints 2020, 2020040407. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0407.v2
Abstract
A striking aspect of COVID-19 is the difference in the outcome of the infection between different countries, and different ethnic groups within one country. We surveyed the literature on SARS-CoV-2 complemented with comparative publications on SARS-CoV and other coronaviruses to capture the current understanding of virus – host interactions including virus subtypes, transmission, zoonotic aspects, and potential host determinants.
Keywords
covid; covid-19; SARS-CoV-2; zoonosis; ethnic disparities; health care disparities; virus strains; virus subtypes; virus variants
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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