Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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[[Image:Ezgif.com-Small crop.gif|left|260px|thumb|<span style="font-size:125%">Overall view of the COVID-19 virus. Note the spikes, <span style="color:aqua">'''aqua'''</span>, that adorn the outer surface, <span style="color:red">'''red'''</span>, which imparts a '''''corona''''' like appearance (Fusion Animation).</span>]]
[[Image:Ezgif.com-Small crop.gif|left|260px|thumb|<span style="font-size:125%">Overall view of the COVID-19 virus. Note the spikes, <span style="color:aqua">'''aqua'''</span>, that adorn the outer surface, <span style="color:red">'''red'''</span>, which imparts a '''''corona''''' like appearance (Fusion Animation).</span>]]
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<br>An animation shows how the virus [http://youtu.be/hwVl_-lnoys '''interacts with its host'''], via these spikes, thus permitting its genome to enter the human (host) cell and begin infection (by [http://elarasystems.com Elara Systems)].</span>
<br>An animation shows how the virus [http://youtu.be/hwVl_-lnoys '''interacts with its host'''], via these spikes, thus permitting its genome to enter the human (host) cell and begin infection (by [http://elarasystems.com Elara Systems)].</span>
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Revision as of 10:06, 25 March 2020

A novel coronavirus was found to be the cause of a respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019.

A close up view of one of the COVID-19 spikes. PDB entry 6vsb, from the McLellan lab.

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