Saloni Gupta* and Sonam Gupta
Independent Scholar, Delhi, India
*Corresponding Author: Saloni Gupta, Independent Scholar, Delhi, India.
Received: August 11, 2020; Published: September 16, 2020
Starting in the Wuhan city of China, the indiscriminate spread of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and sudden escalation in the number of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases has brought desolation to mankind. To control the ongoing disastrous pandemic, it is important to congregate the highest level of information on the ecology of this notorious microbe. The similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV can be traced back to their phylogenetic relationship, however, gaining insight into the divergent features of the novel coronavirus demands extensive research. This article brings together the previously known facts about SARS-coronaviruses and contrasts them with the new findings on SARS-CoV-2 from the most recent studies for future reference.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV; COVID-19; SARS; Coronaviruses; ACE2
Citation: Saloni Gupta and Sonam Gupta. “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Coronavirus (CoV)-2 Versus SARS-CoV: So Similar Yet So Different". Acta Scientific Microbiology 3.10 (2020): 27-37.
Copyright: © 2020 Saloni Gupta and Sonam Gupta. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.