Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.33602/mebm.3.2.1
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SARS-CoV-2 AND CURRENT APPROACHES TO ANTIVIRAL THERAPY AND VACCINATION: A REVIEW
Snjezana Zidovec Lepej
orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-5806
; Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Korac
; Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dijana Skoric
orcid.org/0000-0002-1625-1598
; Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Microbiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Margarita Batovic
; Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia
Paula Grskovic
; Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Valerija Begic
orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-404X
; Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;Primary School “Sesvetski Kraljevec”, Sesvetski Kraljevec, Croatia
Suzana Harabajsa
; Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Molecular Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Pathology and Cytology, Division of Pulmonary Cytology Jordanovac, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Leona Radmanic
; Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Simicic
; Department of Immunological and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljevic”, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Since the first description of patients with pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan in December 2019, unprecedented efforts of the international scientific community led to the identification and molecular characterization of its etiological agent, e.g. SARS-CoV-2. The global pandemic of COVID-19 represents an outstanding challenge for the scientists and medical professionals worldwide. In this review, we discuss the most important aspects of SARS-CoV-2 biology and virology including antiviral and immunomodulatory treatment strategies as well as vaccine development.
Ključne riječi
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; genome; origin; antiviral therapy; vaccination
Hrčak ID:
261473
URI
Datum izdavanja:
18.12.2020.
Posjeta: 941 *