Background: The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a zoonotic beta-coronavirus entitled 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), has become a global threat. Awareness of the biological features of 2019-nCoV should be updated in time and needs to be comprehensively summarized to help optimize control measures and make therapeutic decisions.
Insight into 2019 novel coronavirus - an updated interim review and lessons from sars-cov and MERS-CoV. (Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection.)