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. 2020 Feb 24:9:100124.
doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100124. eCollection 2020 Jun.

From SARS to COVID-19: A previously unknown SARS- related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) of pandemic potential infecting humans - Call for a One Health approach

Mohamed E El Zowalaty  1   2 , Josef D Järhult  3
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From SARS to COVID-19: A previously unknown SARS- related coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) of pandemic potential infecting humans - Call for a One Health approach

Mohamed E El Zowalaty et al. One Health. .

Abstract

Human coronaviruses continue to pose a threat to human health. The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 which causes coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), an acute respiratory disease marked the third introduction of a highly pathogenic coronavirus into the human population in the twenty-first century. This recent emergence of a previously unknown coronavirus in China leads to huge impacts on humans globally. Covid-19 is a challenge to global public health. Here, we discuss the COVID-19 outbreak in a one health context, highlighting the need for the implementation of one health measures and practices to improve human health and reduce the emergence of pandemic viruses.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare that we do not have any conflict of interest associated with manuscript. MEZ is a team member of Duke One Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Timeline of COVID-19 cases worldwide since 31 December 2019 until 31 January 2020. (The figure was reproduced with permission from Kara Kochek of Duke One Health Research Team, Duke University, North Carolina, USA).
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Fig. 2
Distribution of laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases (a) worldwide (b) continent (except China) as of 24 February 2020. (Reproduced from [10].
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Fig. 3
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the outbreak of COVID-19. The figure depicts a hypothesized origin of the virus and a generalised route of transmission of the epidemic zoonotic coronavirus.
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