Etiology of epidemic outbreaks COVID-19 in Wuhan, Hubei province, Chinese People Republic associated with 2019-nCoV (<i>Nidovirales, Coronaviridae, Coronavirinae, Betacoronavirus</i>, Subgenus <i>Sarbecovirus</i>): lessons of SARS-CoV outbreak

Results of analysis of phylogenetic, virological, epidemiological, ecological, clinical data of COVID-19 outbreaks in Wuhan, China (PRC) in comparison with SARS-2002 and MERS-2012 outbreaks allow to conclude: – the etiological agent of COVID-19 is coronavirus (2019-CoV), phylogenetically close to t...

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Main Authors: D. K. Lvov, S. V. Alkhovsky, L. V. Kolobukhina, E. I. Burtseva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Central Research Institute for Epidemiology 2020-02-01
Series:Вопросы вирусологии
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Online Access:https://virusjour.crie.ru/jour/article/viewFile/261/157