Title |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as an Agent of Emerging and Reemerging Infection
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Published in |
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, October 2007
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DOI | 10.1128/cmr.00023-07 |
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Authors |
Vincent C. C. Cheng, Susanna K. P. Lau, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Kwok Yung Yuen |
Abstract |
Before the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003, only 12 other animal or human coronaviruses were known. The discovery of this virus was soon followed by the discovery of the civet and bat SARS-CoV and the human coronaviruses NL63 and HKU1. Surveillance of coronaviruses in many animal species has increased the number on the list of coronaviruses to at least 36. The explosive nature of the first SARS epidemic, the high mortality, its transient reemergence a year later, and economic disruptions led to a rush on research of the epidemiological, clinical, pathological, immunological, virological, and other basic scientific aspects of the virus and the disease. This research resulted in over 4,000 publications, only some of the most representative works of which could be reviewed in this article. The marked increase in the understanding of the virus and the disease within such a short time has allowed the development of diagnostic tests, animal models, antivirals, vaccines, and epidemiological and infection control measures, which could prove to be useful in randomized control trials if SARS should return. The findings that horseshoe bats are the natural reservoir for SARS-CoV-like virus and that civets are the amplification host highlight the importance of wildlife and biosecurity in farms and wet markets, which can serve as the source and amplification centers for emerging infections. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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India | 1120 | 10% |
Brazil | 834 | 8% |
United States | 787 | 7% |
United Kingdom | 373 | 3% |
Chile | 305 | 3% |
Argentina | 262 | 2% |
Spain | 226 | 2% |
Turkey | 171 | 2% |
Canada | 110 | 1% |
Other | 1591 | 15% |
Unknown | 4920 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9762 | 91% |
Scientists | 607 | 6% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 189 | 2% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 141 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
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United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
Vietnam | 1 | <1% |
Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 1974 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 262 | 13% |
Student > Master | 255 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 230 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 198 | 10% |
Other | 104 | 5% |
Other | 383 | 19% |
Unknown | 550 | 28% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 260 | 13% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 222 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 189 | 10% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 86 | 4% |
Engineering | 63 | 3% |
Other | 503 | 25% |
Unknown | 659 | 33% |