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. 2020 May 4;217(5):e20200537.
doi: 10.1084/jem.20200537.

Forty years with coronaviruses

Susan R Weiss  1
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Forty years with coronaviruses

Susan R Weiss. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

I have been researching coronaviruses for more than forty years. This viewpoint summarizes some of the major findings in coronavirus research made before the SARS epidemic and how they inform current research on the newly emerged SARS-CoV-2.

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Figure 1.
Timeline for coronavirus research. Major findings in coronavirus research (gray boxes) as well as identification of human coronaviruses (red boxes) are indicated along the timeline.
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Comment in

  • On the history of human coronaviruses.
    Kronvall G, Nordenfelt E. Kronvall G, et al. APMIS. 2021 Jul;129(7):381-383. doi: 10.1111/apm.13109. Epub 2021 Feb 24. APMIS. 2021. PMID: 33624304 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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