Virologist Ebenezer Tumban studies infectious diseases. In this guest blog, he offers insight on starting a new decade with a brand-new coronavirus.
Within the last two decades, the world has experienced two coronavirus outbreaks/epidemics: the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) epidemic in 2002 and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemic in 2012. SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV epidemics started in Guangdong province (China) and in Saudi Arabia, respectively. Both viruses are transmitted through aerosols and are associated with flu-like symptoms like fever, chills or cough, as well as respiratory distress and, in some cases, pneumonia.
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