Coronavirus infection is illness caused by viruses of the family Coronaviridae, a group of enveloped, RNA viruses that can infect humans and animals and cause disease ranging from mild upper-respiratory symptoms, like those of the common cold, to severe pneumonia and systemic illness. Several coronaviruses affect hu…
Coronavirus infection is illness caused by viruses of the family Coronaviridae, a group of enveloped, RNA viruses that can infect humans and animals and cause disease ranging from mild upper-respiratory symptoms, like those of the common cold, to severe pneumonia and systemic illness. Several coronaviruses affect humans, the most prominent in recent history being SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, which spread worldwide after emerging in late 2019. Transmission occurs chiefly through respiratory droplets and aerosols generated when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes, and severity varies with age, underlying health, and other factors. The global impact of coronavirus infection has driven extensive research into its biology, transmission, prevention, and consequences across human and animal populations. The journal publishes work spanning these areas, including narrative reviews of the novel coronavirus, the role of animals in the pandemic, mathematical modelling and epidemic prediction, the effects of infection on coagulation and the formation of microthrombi, interactions between the viral spike protein and host immune responses, and the psychological and societal effects of quarantine and isolation. Key aspects of study include viral characteristics and transmission, epidemiology and modelling, host immune and physiological responses, complications of infection, and approaches to prevention and control across the One Health spectrum.
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