UNDERSTANDING THE VIRAL-HOST INTERACTIONS OF NEWLY EMERGED AND
HIGHLY PATHOGENIC HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES NG OI WING (B.Sc.(Hons.), N Page 1 …

Coronaviruses have been closely related with mankind for thousands of years.
Communityacquired human coronaviruses have long been recognized to cause common …

Most new emerging viruses are derived from strains circulating in zoonotic reservoirs.
Coronaviruses, which had an established potential for cross-species transmission within …

The emergence of viruses causing diseases in humans is constant in History. Most
emergent viruses have been transmitted from animal hosts to humans (zoonosis) …

Coronaviruses infect a diverse range of animals from birds to pigs and cats to humans.
Coronaviruses employ RNA-based replicative processes and as such are genetically …

Although coronaviruses were first identified nearly 60 years ago, they only received notoriety
in 2003 when one of their members was identified as the aetiological agent of severe acute …

The present outbreak of lower respiratory tract infections, including respiratory distress
syndrome, is the third spillover, in only two decades, of an animal coronavirus to humans …

The emergence of viruses causing diseases in humans is constant in History. Most
emergent viruses have been transmitted from animal hosts to humans (zoonosis) …

Coronavirus infections of multiple origins have spread to date worldwide, causing severe
respiratory diseases. Seven coronaviruses that infect humans have been identified: HCoV …

The present outbreak of a coronavirus-associated acute respiratory disease called
coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is the third documented spillover of an animal …