Viability And Infectivity Of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

dc.contributor.authorSamuel, Mwesige
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-18T14:03:11Z
dc.date.available2023-08-18T14:03:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractAbstract: 2019-nCoV is one of the seven human coronaviruses responsible for causing COVID-19. The disease started in Wuhan China and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization because of high number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths across the world. COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading novel disease and yet has no defined treatment plan. It is imperative for us to understand viability and infectivity of 2019-nCoV with the hope of finding interventional and treatment solutions. Based on behavioral similarity and biological relatedness between 2019-nCoV and SARS-CoV, a number of viability and infectivity factors that influence the spread of COVID-19 have been elucidated. The viability factors are viral genes, protein factors and metrological features (fomites, low temperatures low humidity). Factors responsible for 2019-nCoV infectivity are virion N and S proteins and the human biology aspects of gender, sex hormones, sex-linked genes and immune cells. The biological factors can be used as biomarkers to develop therapies and diagnostics for COVID-19. Public health interventional strategies such as social distancing, isolation, contact tracing and use of facemasks should be encouraged to break COVID-19 transmission chain.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNoneen_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-4404
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.sun.ac.ug//handle/123456789/82
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS)en_US
dc.subjectKeywords: 2019-nCoV, COVID-19, Viability, Infectivityen_US
dc.titleViability And Infectivity Of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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