American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.Coronaviruses (CoVs) are single-stranded RNA viruses that experts originally considered to be relatively mild.
They include the viruses that cause the common cold. However, researchers have stopped thinking of these viruses as mild after the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2002, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) in 2012, and the current global COVID-19 pandemic, for which the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible.
Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.Neither the SARS nor the MERS virus had the.