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. 2020 Jul 13;2(8):1109–1119. doi: 10.1007/s42399-020-00364-3

Table 1.

The structure differences between SARS-CoV-2 and DENV

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Species SARS-CoV-2 Dengue virus
Family Coronaviridae Flaviviridae
Diameter 65–125 nm 50 nm
Gene material ssRNA ssRNA
Structural protein Spike (S) glycoprotein, envelope (E) glycoprotein, membrane (M) glycoprotein, nucleocapsid (N) protein Nucleocapsid (N) or core protein, membrane (M) glycoprotein, and envelope (E) protein
Characteristic findings Crown-like spikes (corona) on its outer surface. Non-structural protein-1 (NS-1)