SARS-CoV-2: The Monster Causes COVID-19
Chang Song, Zesong Li, Chen Li, Meiying Huang, Jianhong Liu, Qiuping Fang, Zitong Cao, Lin Zhang, Pengbo Gao, Wendi Nie, Xueyao Luo, Jianhao Kang, Shimin Xie, Jianxin Lyu, Xiao Zhu
Abstract
Coronaviruses are viruses whose particles look like crowns. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh member of the human coronavirus family to cause COVID-19 which is regarded as a once-in-a-century pandemic worldwide. It holds has the characteristics of a pandemic, which has broy -55ught many serious negative impacts to human beings. It may take time for humans to fight the pandemic. In addition to humans, SARS-CoV-2 also infects animals such as cats. This review introduces the origins, structures, pathogenic mechanisms, characteristics of transmission, detection and diagnosis, evolution and variation of SARS-CoV-2. We summarized the clinical characteristics, the strategies for treatment and prevention of COVID-19, and analyzed the problems and challenges we face.