SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: The most important research questions

Kit-San Yuen, Zi-Wei Ye, Sin-Yee Fung, Chi-Ping Chan, Dong-Yan Jin, Kit-San Yuen, Zi-Wei Ye, Sin-Yee Fung, Chi-Ping Chan, Dong-Yan Jin

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an ongoing global health emergency. Here we highlight nine most important research questions concerning virus transmission, asymptomatic and presymptomatic virus shedding, diagnosis, treatment, vaccine development, origin of virus and viral pathogenesis.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV); COVID-19; Novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP); SARS-CoV-2.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

© The Author(s) 2020.

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