COVID-19: Anatomy of a Pandemic
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SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has more than 82% genome similarity with SARS-CoV and more than 89% similarity with two bat coronaviruses, bat-SL-CoVZXC21 and bat-SL-CoVZC45. The virus went and caused the most recent pandemic in human history with fatality totaling more than 3 million deaths, and cases rising up to 176 million worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In this paper, a retrospective analysis of the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 around the world are presented.
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COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, Orthocoronavirine, severe acute respiratory infection, acute respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pulmonary edema, cardiovascular diseases, multiple organ failure, COVID-19 China, COVID-19 United States, COVID-19 Canada, COVID-19 Europe, COVID-19 Russia, COVID-19 Asia, COVID-19 India, COVID-19 Africa
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