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. 2020 Jun 11;78:1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.06.006

Table 1.

The overview of the emerging corona viruses.

SARS-CoV MERS-CoV SARS-CoV-2 REF
1 Epicentre Guangdong Province (2002) Arabian Peninsula (2012) Global Pandemic [5], [6], [7], [33]
2 Nomenclature Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus Betacoronavirus, subgenus Merbecovirus Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus Beta-CoV lineage B [3], [10], [11]
3 Reservoir Bat, Palm civets Bat, Camels Bat, Snakes [37], [38]
4 Population Affected 8096 >2000 >4,000,000 [5], [20], [26], [28], [29], [30], [33]
5 Incubation 2–13 days 2–14 days 2–12 days [5], [31]
6 Transmission Animal to human, human to human Animal to human, human to human Animal to human, human to human [5], [34]
7 Multi-systemic complications YES YES YES [34], [35], [37]
8 Neurological complications YES YES YES [15], [20], [21]
ABBREVIATION: CoV-Corona Virus, REF-References