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| | #REDIRECT [[Coronavirus]] |
| | name = ''SARS coronavirus''
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| | virus_group = iv
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| | ordo = ''[[Nidovirales]]''
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| | familia = ''[[Coronaviridae]]''
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| | genus = ''[[Coronavirus]]''
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| | species = '''''SARS coronavirus'''''
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| ==Overview==
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| The '''SARS coronavirus''' is the virus that causes [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS).<ref name=Thiel>{{cite book | author = Thiel V (editor). | title = Coronaviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology | edition = 1st ed. | publisher = Caister Academic Press | year = 2007 | url=http://www.horizonpress.com/cor | id = [http://www.horizonpress.com/cor ISBN 978-1-904455-16-5 ]}}</ref> On April 16, 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Asia and secondary cases elsewhere in the world, the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) issued a press release stating that the [[coronavirus]] identified by a number of laboratories was the official cause of SARS. Samples of the virus are being held in labratories in New York, San Francisco, Manila, Hong Kong, and Toronto.
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| On April 12, 2003, scientists working at the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia finished mapping the [[genetic sequence]] of a coronavirus believed to be linked to SARS. The team was led by Dr. [[Marco Marra]] and worked in collaboration with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, using samples from infected patients in Toronto. The map, hailed by the WHO as an important step forward in fighting SARS, is shared with scientists worldwide via the GSC website (see below).
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| Dr. Donald Low of [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in Toronto described the discovery as having been made with "unprecedented speed." [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/12/sars_code030412]
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| The sequence of the SARS coronavirus has since been confirmed by other independent groups.
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| ==Viral Replication==
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| Coronavirus (CoV) genome replication takes place in the cytoplasm in a membrane-protected microenvironment and starts with the translation of the genome to produce the viral replicase. CoV transcription involves a discontinuous RNA synthesis (template switch) during the extension of a negative copy of the subgenomic mRNAs. The requirement for basepairing during transcription has been formally demonstrated in arteriviruses and CoVs. CoV N protein is required for coronavirus RNA synthesis and has RNA chaperone activity that may be involved in template switch. Both viral and cellular proteins are required for replication and transcription. CoVs initiate translation by cap-dependent and cap-independent mechanisms. Cell macromolecular synthesis may be controlled after CoV infection by locating some virus proteins in the host cell nucleus. Infection by different coronaviruses cause in the host alteration in the transcription and translation patterns, in the cell cycle, the cytoskeleton, apoptosis and coagulation pathways, inflammation and immune and stress responses. The balance between genes up- and down-regulated could explain the pathogenesis caused by these viruses. Coronavirus expression systems based on single genome constructed by targeted recombination, or by using infectious cDNAs, have been developed. The possibility of expressing different genes under the control of transcription regulating sequences (TRSs) with programmable strength and engineering tissue and species tropism indicates that CoV vectors are flexible. CoV based vectors have emerged with high potential vaccine development and possibly for gene therapy.<ref name=Enjuanes>{{cite book |chapterurl=http://www.horizonpress.com/hsp/abs/absavir.html|author=Enjuanes L, et al|year=2008|chapter=Coronavirus Replication and Interaction with Host|title=Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id=[http://www.horizonpress.com/avir ISBN 978-1-904455-22-6]}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| ==Scientific and medical journal articles==
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| * {{cite journal
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| |author=J S M Peiris et al.
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| |year=5 April 2003
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| |title=Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome
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| |journal=[[The Lancet]]
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| |volume=361
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| |issue=9364
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| |url=http://image.thelancet.com/extras/03art3477web.pdf
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| }}
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| * {{cite journal
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| |author=Paul A. Rota et al.
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| |year=30 May 2003
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| |title=Characterization of a Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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| |journal=Science
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| |volume=300
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| |issue=5624
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| |pages=1394–1399
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| |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/300/5624/1394
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| }}. Published online 1 May 2003; {{doi|10.1126/science.1085952}}
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| * {{cite journal
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| | author=Marco A. Marra et al.
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| | year=30 May 2003
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| | title=The Genome Sequence of the SARS-Associated coronavirus
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| | journal=Science
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| | volume=300
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| | issue=5624
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| | pages=1399–1404
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| | url=http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/300/5624/1399
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| }}. Published online 1 May 2003; {{doi|10.1126/science.1085953}}
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| * {{cite book | author = Thiel V (editor). | title = Coronaviruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology | edition = 1st ed. | publisher = Caister Academic Press | year = 2007 | url=http://www.horizonpress.com/cor | id = [http://www.horizonpress.com/cor ISBN 978-1-904455-16-5 ]}}
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| * {{cite book |chapterurl=http://www.horizonpress.com/hsp/abs/absavir.html|author=Enjuanes L, et al|year=2008|chapter=Coronavirus Replication and Interaction with Host|title=Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology|publisher=Caister Academic Press|id=[http://www.horizonpress.com/avir ISBN 978-1-904455-22-6]}}
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Progress of the SARS outbreak]]
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| *[[Severe acute respiratory syndrome]]
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/releases/2003/pr31/en/ WHO press release identifying and naming the SARS virus]
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| * [http://www.bcgsc.ca/bioinfo/SARS/ The SARS virus genetic map]
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| * [http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/sars/ ''Science'' special on the SARS virus] (free content: no registration required)
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| * [http://web.archive.org/web/20050301194019/http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/resource/sars.htm McGill University SARS Resources] (From web archive)
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| * [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/ U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) SARS home]
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| *[http://www.horizonpress.com/blogger/2007/09/focus-on-coronaviruses.html Focus on Coronaviruses]
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| [[Category:SARS]]
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| [[Category:Nidovirales]]
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