HOW DOES COVID -19 RELATED TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES?
HOW DOES COVID -19 RELATED TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES? Coronaviruses have been a source of infectious disease in humans, such as SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). SARS-related coronavirus is mostly found in mammals, like bats. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that get their name from what they look like under a microscope - they are spherical and their surfaces are covered with “crown”-like spikes. Outbreaks of respiratory illness have been reported, originating in a seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The recognition and order of seven non-structural proteins also found in SARS coronavirus demonstrates that this virus is a SARS-related coronavirus, which the authors temporarily named novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV). They determined that 2019-nCoV enters cells through the same route as SARS coronaviruses , via the ACE2 cell receptor. Antibodies isolated from patients are infected with 2019-nCoV are shown to have the potential to compensate