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.
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El Zowalaty ME, Järhult JD
One Health 9 (-) 100124 [2020-06-00; online 2020-02-24]
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.
PubMed 32195311
DOI 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100124
Crossref 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100124
pii: S2352-7714(20)30013-6
pii: 100124
pmc: PMC7075990