Corona Viruses

Paper Summary:

In the wake of the recent SARS outbreak and worldwide concern, the author of this paper take a close look at Corona viruses, the virus connected to the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS as well as over one third of cases of the common cold. The paper discusses the biological structure of Corona viruses and the various testing methods used to discover and determine the variants of the virus. In his conclusion, the author discusses recent research findings relating to the virus. The paper has one scan of a corona virus cell.

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Introduction
Corona Viruses: Genome Structure and Categories:
Carona Viruses: Recent Fndings:

From the Paper:

"Latest findings about corona virus infection in poultry and avian population reveals that the number of avian species in which corona viruses have been spotted have gone up twice in the space of a couple of years. Whereas the corona viruses in these species have all been in corona virus Group 3, as for the well known corona viruses of the domestic fowl, turkey and pheasant, experimental proof is found to recommend that birds are not restricted to infection with Group 3 corona viruses. Experiments with several of the Group 1 corona viruses which by far have been from mammals have indicated that they are not restricted to multiplying or causing disease in a single host."

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• Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina. (2007) "Virology: Corona Viruses, Colds and SARS" Retrieved 8 December, 2007 from http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/virol/coronaviruses.htm
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