What lessons will the covid-19 leave us? History of the new coronaviruses

Coronaviruses have been present in humans for decades, causing 10-30% of common colds in humans. Two coronaviruses have caused global pandemics and alerts in recent decades: SARS- CoV and MERS-CoV. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh coronavirus to generate an infection in humans, and the third to generate a...

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Autores: Pulcha-Ugarte, Renata, Pizarro-Lau, Mayt, Gastelo-Acosta, Rosy, Maguiña-Vargas, Ciro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Perú
Institución:Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Repositorio:Revista de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:medicinainterna.net.pe:article/523
Acceso en línea:https://revistamedicinainterna.net/index.php/spmi/article/view/523
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SARS-CoV
MERS-CoV
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
epidemiología
cronología
coronavirus
epidemiology
chronology
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Sumario:Coronaviruses have been present in humans for decades, causing 10-30% of common colds in humans. Two coronaviruses have caused global pandemics and alerts in recent decades: SARS- CoV and MERS-CoV. SARS-CoV-2 is the seventh coronavirus to generate an infection in humans, and the third to generate a pandemic. In this article, we present and compare the chronology, epidemiology, and control measures of each of thepandemics: SARS, MERS and COVID-19.