Similar to the new coronavirus genotype "SARS" January 16 20:10
The new coronavirus, which was detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, inland China and confirmed in Japan, has many similarities in genotype to the SARS virus, which spread in China and other parts of Asia in 2003. I understand. Experts have pointed out that while it appears to be less infectious and pathogenic than SARS at this time, it is necessary to monitor for changes in genes to make it easier for humans to transmit.
In Wuhan, China, a new type of coronavirus has been detected in pneumonia patients since last month, and in Japan, the same virus has been confirmed in Chinese men in their thirties who have returned from Wuhan.
Researchers in the United States and other countries analyzed the sequence of the gene published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and others about this virus, and they indicated on Twitter that it was a type of "beta-coronavirus" similar to SARS.
The European Center for Disease Control also expressed the opinion that the virus was similar to the SARS virus, with researchers in the United Kingdom saying 89% of the gene sequence matched the bat virus that caused the SARS.
Professor Atsuro Hamada of Tokyo Medical University, who is familiar with infectious diseases overseas, says, "The genes are similar to SARS, but the infectivity and pathogenicity are low at the moment."
He added, "SARS is also thought to have changed from a limited human-to-human transmission at first, but to a more efficient and sustained transmission of the virus. No, but we need to closely monitor how it will change in the future. "