The emergence and spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Discover the latest information on 2019-nCoV including the current knowledge on its transmissibility, origin and clinical features.
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2019-nCoV related to SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin
A new study in The Lancet has suggested that the novel coronavirus was most genetically similar to two SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin, but that there may be the possibility of another animal host acting as an intermediate host between bats and humans.
COVID-19: edging closer to a pandemic?
Fears are growing that COVID-19 could become a global pandemic as new cases are reported globally, including a huge spike in cases in South Korea and Iran, and more countries reporting cases.
MERS vaccine safe and immunogenic in first-in-human trial
A DNA vaccine for MERS-CoV was demonstrated to be well-tolerated and immunogenic in a Phase I, first-in-human trial.
Emerging technologies to investigate coronavirus emergence – an interview with Vineet Menachery
In this interview we speak to Vineet Menachery about his recent talk at the Microbiology Society’s Annual Conference (8–11 April, Belfast, UK) suggesting that CoV emergence is more complicated than receptor binding alone.
