Rashid Iqbal Khan1,*, Mazhar Abbas1, Khurram Goraya2, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye3, Subhan Danish3
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.3, pp. 438-452, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.010972
Abstract COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is declared global pandemic. The
virus owing high resemblance with SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV has been placed
in family of beta-coronavirus. However, transmission and infectivity rate of
COVID-19 is quite higher as compared to other members of family. Effective
management strategy with potential drug availability will break the virus transmission chain subsequently reduce the pressure on the healthcare system. Extensive research trials are underway to develop novel efficient therapeutics against
SARS-CoV-2. In this review, we have discussed the origin and family of coronavirus, structure, genome and pathogenesis of virus SARS-CoV-2 inside human
host cell; comparison among SARS,… More >