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. 2020 Apr;8(8):528. doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.04.26

Table 5. The general and bibliometric information about SARS, MERS and COVID-19.

SARS MERS COVID-19
Appear time 2003 2012 2019–2020
Appear place China Saudi Arabia China
Origin Bat, masked palm civet Bat, dromedary Bat
Receptor ACE2 DPP4 ACE2
Hotspots Structure, origin, pathogenic mechanism, clinic research Origin, antibody, clinic research CT manifestations, genome, case series, clinical characteristics
Journals (the most counts) Virology Virology Lancet
Representative articles 1. “A novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome” New England Journal of Medicine 1. “Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus” New England Journal of Medicine 1. “Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China” JAMA
2. “Identification of a novel coronavirus in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome” New England Journal of Medicine 2. “Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study” Lancet infectious Diseases 2. “Updated understanding of the outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China” Journal of Medical Virology
3. “Characterization of a novel coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome” Science 3. “Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus neutralising serum antibodies in dromedary camels: a comparative serological study” Lancet infectious Diseases 3. “Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding” Lancet
Representative author Perlman S, Drosten C Memish ZA, Drosten C Drosten C, Zhong NS