Title
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A genetic, epidemiological, and evolutionary perspective
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Publication Date
2020-05-28
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Genetics and Genomics | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Infectious Disease | Virology | Virus Diseases
Abstract
In less than five months, COVID-19 has spread from a small focus in Wuhan, China, to more than 5 million people in almost every country in the world, dominating the concern of most governments and public health systems. The social and political distresses caused by this epidemic will certainly impact our world for a long time to come. Here, we synthesize lessons from a range of scientific perspectives rooted in epidemiology, virology, genetics, ecology and evolutionary biology so as to provide perspective on how this pandemic started, how it is developing, and how best we can stop it.
Keywords
Coevolution, Coronavirus, Host susceptibility, Immune system, Pandemics, Phylodynamics, COVID-19
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104384
Source
Sironi M, Hasnain SE, Phan T, Luciani F, Shaw MA, Sallum MA, Mirhashemi ME, Morand S, González-Candelas F; Editors of Infection, Genetics and Evolution. SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A genetic, epidemiological, and evolutionary perspective. Infect Genet Evol. 2020 May 28:104384. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104384. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32473976; PMCID: PMC7256558. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases
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PubMed ID
32473976
Repository Citation
Sironi M, Hasnain SE, Phan T, Luciani F, Shaw M, Sallum MA, Ezzaty Mirhashemi M, Morand S, Gonzalez-Candelas F. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A genetic, epidemiological, and evolutionary perspective. COVID-19 Publications by UMass Chan Authors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104384. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/42