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This is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. | This is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
The virus first emerged in the Middle East, and was discovered on September 2012 in a Qatari patient who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nebehay|first=Stephanie|title=WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/health-virus-idINL5E8KQ9GL20120926|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=Reuters|date=26 September 2012}}</ref> He is being treated for the [[respiratory disease]], which has led to [[renal failure]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Falco|first=Miriam|title=New SARS-like virus poses medical mystery|url=http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/new-sars-like-virus-poses-medical-mystery/|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=24 September 2012}}</ref> The first known case was a Saudi Arabian who died in early 2012. | The virus first emerged in the Middle East, and was discovered on September 2012 in a Qatari patient who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nebehay|first=Stephanie|title=WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/26/health-virus-idINL5E8KQ9GL20120926|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=Reuters|date=26 September 2012}}</ref> He is being treated for the [[respiratory disease]], which has led to [[renal failure]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Falco|first=Miriam|title=New SARS-like virus poses medical mystery|url=http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/24/new-sars-like-virus-poses-medical-mystery/|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=24 September 2012}}</ref> The first known case was a Saudi Arabian who died in early 2012. The [[World Health Organisation]] (WHO) announced that it is "engaged in further characterizing the novel coronavirus" and that it has "immediately alerted all its Member States about the virus and has been leading the coordination and providing guidance to health authorities and technical health agencies."<ref>{{cite web|title=Novel coronavirus infection|url=http://www.who.int/csr/don/2012_09_25/en/index.html|publisher=World Health Organisation|date=25 September 2012|accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref> The United Kingdom's [[Health Protection Agency]] is working on the genetic sequence of the virus, based on the sequence obtained from the Qatari case.<ref name="NPR"/><ref>{{cite news|title=How threatening is the new coronavirus?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19699677|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=BBC|date=24 September 2012}}</ref> Virologist Ron Fouchier has speculated that the virus might originate from bats.<ref>{{cite news|last=Doucleff|first=Michaeleen|title=Holy Bat Virus! Genome Hints At Origin Of SARS-Like Virus|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/28/161944734/holy-bat-virus-genome-hints-at-origin-of-sars-like-virus|accessdate=29 September 2012|newspaper=NPR|date=28 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health was concerned that the virus might affect the October 2012 [[Hajj]], the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, as Muslims making the Hajj may have been infected.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moisse|first=Katie|title=Saudi Health Officials Brace for Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/sars-virus-added-list-hajj-health-risks/story?id=17331279#.UGRAhhHLy5I|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=27 September 2012}}</ref> | Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health was concerned that the virus might affect the October 2012 [[Hajj]], the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, as Muslims making the Hajj may have been infected.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moisse|first=Katie|title=Saudi Health Officials Brace for Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/sars-virus-added-list-hajj-health-risks/story?id=17331279#.UGRAhhHLy5I|accessdate=27 September 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=27 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
This is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
Historical Perspective
The virus first emerged in the Middle East, and was discovered on September 2012 in a Qatari patient who had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia.[1] He is being treated for the respiratory disease, which has led to renal failure.[2] The first known case was a Saudi Arabian who died in early 2012. The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that it is "engaged in further characterizing the novel coronavirus" and that it has "immediately alerted all its Member States about the virus and has been leading the coordination and providing guidance to health authorities and technical health agencies."[3] The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency is working on the genetic sequence of the virus, based on the sequence obtained from the Qatari case.[4][5] Virologist Ron Fouchier has speculated that the virus might originate from bats.[6]
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health was concerned that the virus might affect the October 2012 Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, as Muslims making the Hajj may have been infected.[7]
Following the high-profile publicity of SARS outbreaks, there has been a renewed interest in coronaviruses in the field of virology. For many years, scientists knew only about the existence of two human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43). The discovery of SARS-CoV added another human coronavirus to the list. By the end of 2004, three independent research labs reported the discovery of a fourth human coronavirus. It has been named NL63, NL or the New Haven coronavirus by the different research groups.[8] The naming of this fourth coronavirus is still a controversial issue, because the three labs are still battling over who actually discovered the virus first and hence earns the right to name the virus. Early in 2005, a research team at the University of Hong Kong reported finding a fifth human coronavirus in two pneumonia patients, and subsequently named it HKU1.
Classification
- HCoV-229E
- HCoV-OC43
- SARS-CoV
- NL63/NL/New Haven coronavirus
- HKU1-CoV
- HCoV-EMC
- Novel Coronavirus 2012
References
- ↑ Nebehay, Stephanie (26 September 2012). "WHO issues guidance on new virus, gears up for haj". Reuters. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ Falco, Miriam (24 September 2012). "New SARS-like virus poses medical mystery". CNN. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "Novel coronavirus infection". World Health Organisation. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ "How threatening is the new coronavirus?". BBC. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ Doucleff, Michaeleen (28 September 2012). "Holy Bat Virus! Genome Hints At Origin Of SARS-Like Virus". NPR. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- ↑ Moisse, Katie (27 September 2012). "Saudi Health Officials Brace for Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca". ABC News. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ van der Hoek L, Pyrc K, Jebbink MF; et al. (2004). "Identification of a new human coronavirus". Nat Med. 10 (4): 368&ndash, 73. doi:10.1038/nm1024.