New England Journal of Medicine· 2020Q1
A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
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Short summary
A previously unknown betacoronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, was identified in patients with pneumonia linked to a market in Wuhan, China.
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Key points
- A novel betacoronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified in pneumonia patients in Wuhan.
- The virus was discovered using unbiased sequencing from patient samples.
- 2019-nCoV was isolated in human airway epithelial cells.
- It represents a new, seventh coronavirus known to infect humans.
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Abstract
In December 2019, a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown cause was linked to a seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China. A previously unknown betacoronavirus was discovered through the use of unbiased sequencing in samples from patients with pneumonia. Human airway epithelial cells were used to isolate a novel coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, which formed a clade within the subgenus sarbecovirus, Orthocoronavirinae subfamily. Different from both MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, 2019-nCoV is the seventh member of the family of coronaviruses that infect humans. Enhanced surveillance and further investigation are ongoing. (Funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China and the National Major Project for Control and Prevention of Infectious Disease in China.).
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