Review Article
VOLUME: 36 | ISSUE: 2S | Jun 24, 2020 | PAGE: (121 - 124) | DOI: 10.24911/BioMedica//BioMedica/5-450
Novel Coronavirus (2019-NCOV) Outbreak: A Mini Review
Authors: Saba Manzoor , Rahat Abdul Rehman , Sadaqat Ijaz , Shahid Paracha , Allah Rakha
Article Info
Authors
Saba Manzoor
Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore -Pakistan.
Rahat Abdul Rehman
Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore-Pakistan
Sadaqat Ijaz
Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore -Pakistan.
Shahid Paracha
Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore -Pakistan.
Allah Rakha
Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore -Pakistan.
Publication History
Received: May 19, 2020
Revised: May 26, 2020
Accepted: June 18, 2020
Published: June 24, 2020
Abstract
The SARS pandemic produces new avenues to discover and anticipate the variations made in SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) and how human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor ideally becomes congenial with “S” region of this virus and in consequence ofits spread in human species all over the globe. At the end of 2019, the earliest wave of SARS-CoV-2 transmission was notified from Wuhan-Hubei China and thereafter spread globally. COVID-19 infection got widespread and upto now, 2,776,224 active cases, 334,058 deceased and 2,078,505-recovered cases have been reported. Morbidity and mortality rate vary in every region which pondered the researcher to look into the linkage between a different variant of the SARS-CoV-2 with disease severity along with other determining factors like climatic changes, diagnostic techniques, hospitals and laboratory quality control measures.
Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2)
