Abstract

REVIEW ARTICLE: A CORONAVIRUS DISASTER

Ashish L. Pohane*, Shubham G. Bonde, Tushar A. Dhote and Dr. Sachin J. Dighade

ABSTRACT

The coronaviruses were originally grouped into the family Coronaviridae on the basis of the crown or halo-like appearance given by the glycoprotein-studied envelope on electron microscopy. Coronaviruses are single-stranded RNA viruses, about 120 nanometers in diameter. They are susceptible to mutation and recombination and are therefore highly diversible. Two novel viruses Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) were implicated to be responsible for severe acute illness in recent times. The virus that causes COVID-19 is thought to have originated in bats and then to humans. Unfortunately, no effective treatments against these viruses are available. There is a urgent need to develop new strategies to prevent or control coronavirus infections and to understand there biology, mutation and replication. This review article based on study of various coronavirus families.

Keywords: Coronavirus, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, COVID-19, Prevention.