Cell & Bioscience (Mar 2020)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions

  • Kit-San Yuen,
  • Zi -Wei Ye,
  • Sin-Yee Fung,
  • Chi-Ping Chan,
  • Dong-Yan Jin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-020-00404-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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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.

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