TY - JOUR AU - Nilay Singh AU - Harshita Kaushik AU - Vinay Singh PY - 2022/05/18 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): current status and challenges JF - European Journal of Biological Research JA - EJBR VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Review Articles DO - UR - http://www.journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/ejbr/article/view/558 AB - In December, 2019 a new public health crisis threatened the world with the emergence of new zoonotic virus, the 2019 novel coronavirus. SARS-Cov-2 or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 belongs to the family of coronaviruses named for the crown-like spikes on its surfaces. SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019), a contagious viral infection that attacks primarily throat and lungs causing pneumonia-like symptoms. It is speculated that SARS-CoV-2 seem to have come from a bat, but the intermediate reservoir is still unknown. This review will address SARS-CoV-2 structure, clinical features, SARS-CoV-2 genome and its different variant, diagnosis, and treatment and also gives a bird's eye view on the epidemiology and pathology based on current evidence.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6561397 ER -