SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions
SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP)
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global health emergency. Here we highlight nine most important research questions concerning virus transmission, asymptomatic and presymptomatic virus shedding, diagnosis, treatment, vaccine development, origin of virus and viral pathogenesis.
Kit-San Yuen, Zi-Wei Ye, Sin-Yee Fung, Chi-Ping Chan, Dong-Yan Jin
Biology (General), Biochemistry, Biotechnology