A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 579; no. 7798; pp. 265 - 269
• Main Authors: Wu, Fan, Zhao, Su, Yu, Bin, Chen, Yan-Mei, Wang, Wen, Song, Zhi-Gang, Hu, Yi, Tao, Zhao-Wu, Tian, Jun-Hua, Pei, Yuan-Yuan, Yuan, Ming-Li, Zhang, Yu-Ling, Dai, Fa-Hui, Liu, Yi, Wang, Qi-Min, Zheng, Jiao-Jiao, Xu, Lin, Holmes, Edward C., Zhang, Yong-Zhen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/208; 631/326/596/4130; 692/699/255/2514; Adult; Alveoli; Amino acids; Animals; Betacoronavirus - classification; Betacoronavirus - genetics; Blood; Bronchus; China; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - complications; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnostic imaging; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - pathology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronaviruses; Cough; COVID-19; Discovery and exploration; Disease; Epidemiology; Etiology; Fever; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genome, Viral - genetics; Genomes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lavage; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Male; Metagenomics; Methods; multidisciplinary; Nucleotides; Outbreaks; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; Proteins; Public health; Recombination, Genetic - genetics; Respiratory diseases; RNA sequencing; RNA viruses; RNA, Viral - genetics; Sarbecovirus; SARS-CoV-2; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seafood; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - etiology; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - pathology; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - virology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; Viruses; Whole Genome Sequencing; China

Emerging infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Zika virus disease, present a major threat to public health 1 – 3 . Despite intense research efforts, how, when and where new diseases appear are still a source of considerable uncertainty. A severe respiratory diseas...