National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention

A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019

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 discov...

Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding

In late December, 2019, patients presenting with viral pneumonia due to an unidentified microbial agent were reported in Wuhan, China. A novel coronavirus was subsequently ident...

A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Different Types of Clinical Specimens

This study describes results of PCR and viral RNA testing for SARS-CoV-2 in bronchoalveolar fluid, sputum, feces, blood, and urine specimens from patients with COVID-19 infectio...

Genome Composition and Divergence of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Originating in China

Cryo-EM structures of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins reveal the dynamic receptor binding domains