Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan

• Published in: Emerging microbes & infections Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 221 - 236
• Main Authors: Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo, Kok, Kin-Hang, Zhu, Zheng, Chu, Hin, To, Kelvin Kai-Wang, Yuan, Shuofeng, Yuen, Kwok-Yung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.01.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Antiviral drugs; Betacoronavirus - genetics; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; bioinformatics; China; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; emerging; genome; Genome, Viral; Genomes; Humans; Original; Phylogeny; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; respiratory; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Sequence Analysis, Protein; Travel; Viral Proteins - chemistry; Viral Proteins - genetics; virus; Wuhan; China; genome; Coronavirus; Wuhan; bioinformatics; SARS; respiratory; virus; emerging

A mysterious outbreak of atypical pneumonia in late 2019 was traced to a seafood wholesale market in Wuhan of China. Within a few weeks, a novel coronavirus tentatively named as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was announced by the World Health Organization. We performed bioinformatics analysis on...