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SUBMITTER: Chan SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688518 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in microbiology 20201112
The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has caused an unprecedented global crisis. The etiological agent is a new virus called the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of October, 2020 there have been 45.4 million confirmed cases with a mortality rate of 2.6% globally. With the lack of a vaccine and effective treatments, the race is on to find a cure for the virus infection using specific antivirals. The viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, proteases, spike protein- ...[more]