| T17 |
69-620 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Phylogenetic analysis of coronavirus genome has shown that nCOV-2019 belongs to the beta-coronavirus family, which also includes Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-COV), and bat-SARS-related coronaviruses.3,4 It is worth mentioning that SARS-COV, which was widespread in 2002 caused more than 8000 cases and about 800 deaths and MERS-COV in 2012 also spread in more than 25 countries, causing about 2500 cases and more than 850 deaths. (www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus).5 |
