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Commentary—COVID-19: What we Know About Human Coronavirus Infections

02/03/2020 · by · in neuropsychiatry · Leave a comment

COMMENTARY 2/26/2020 Matthew E Levison, MD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine Coronaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses, characterized by surface protein spikes, which, under electron microscopy, resemble the sun’s corona. Numerous coronaviruses, first discovered in domestic poultry in the 1930’s, cause respiratory, gastrointestinal, liver, and neurologic diseases in animals. Human Coronavirus Infection […]