SARS-CoV-2 in brief: from virus to prevention

oleh: Hassan Karami, Zeinab Karimi, Negin Karami

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2022-12-01

Deskripsi

The recent outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a highly transmissible virus with a likely animal origin, has posed major and unprecedented challenges to millions of lives across the affected nations of the world. This outbreak first occurred in China, and despite massive regional and global attempts shortly thereafter, it spread to other countries and caused millions of deaths worldwide. This review presents key information about the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (namely, coronavirus disease 2019) and briefly discusses the origin of the virus. Herein, we also briefly summarize the strategies used against viral spread and transmission.