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Cillian De Gascun
@CillianDeGascun
#Coronaviruses: an introductory thread/primer. #Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that cause respiratory & intestinal illness in birds, animals, and humans. #2019nCoV is the 7th coronavirus known to infect humans (#HCoV).
Four #HCoVs – OC43, 229E, HKU1 & NL63 – cause mild ‘common cold-like’ illness. All of us have probably been infected with one or more of these at some time. These 4 #HCoVs only occasionally cause serious illness 2/n
The other 2 #HCoVs – #SARS & #MERS – cause severe disease. #SARS emerged in 2012 & infected about 8000 people worldwide with a case fatality rate (CFR) of about 10%. The #SARS outbreak was ultimately controlled with good infection prevention & control procedures 3/n
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