Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics

  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Novel Coronavirus

  • Author:
  • T. Naga Ravi Kiran, A. V. S. Madhu Latha, J. N. Sureshkumar, E. Sagar Reddy
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 64 to 70

Department of Pharmacy, Narasaraopeta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Narasaraopeta, A.P, India

Abstract

Novel coronavirus (nCoV) is one of the most common causes of respiratory tract infection throughout the world. Coronaviruses, a genus of the Corona viridae, are enveloped single positive-stranded RNA viruses, which have the largest viral genome (26-33kb) among the RNA viruses. nCoronaviruses cause a variety of diseases in mammals and birds ranging from enteritis in cows and pigs and upper respiratory disease chickens to potentially lethal human respiratory infections. Here we provide a brief introduction to coronaviruses discussing their replication and pathogenicity, and current prevention and treatment strategiesWe will also discuss the outbreaks of the highly pathogenic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the recently identified Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Were Also quoted.

Keywords

nCoronavirus, positive-stranded RNA viruses, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV