microbeПроблемы особо опасных инфекцийProblems of Particularly Dangerous Infections0370-10692658-719XRussian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe”10.21055/0370-1069-2015-2-68-74microbe-230Research ArticleМИКРОБИОЛОГИЯMICROBIOLOGYНовый коронавирус, вызывающий заболевание человекаEmerging Coronavirus Which Gives Rise to the Disease in HumansСтовбаЛ. Ф.StovbaL. F.noemail@neicon.ruЛебедевВ. Н.LebedevV. N.noemail@neicon.ruПетровА. А.PetrovA. A.noemail@neicon.ruРучкоВ. М.RuchkoV. M.noemail@neicon.ruКулишВ. С.KulishV. S.noemail@neicon.ruБорисевичС. В.BorisevichS. V.noemail@neicon.ru48 Центральный научно-исследовательский институт Министерства обороныРоссияThe 48th Central Research Institute of the RF Ministry of DefenseRussian Federation201520062015026874Copyright © Стовба Л.Ф., Лебедев В.Н., Петров А.А., Ручко В.М., Кулиш В.С., Борисевич С.В., 20152015Стовба Л.Ф., Лебедев В.Н., Петров А.А., Ручко В.М., Кулиш В.С., Борисевич С.В.Stovba L.F., Lebedev V.N., Petrov A.A., Ruchko V.M., Kulish V.S., Borisevich S.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.microbe.ru/jour/article/view/230

Коронавирусы - это оболочечные вирусы с одноцепочечной «плюс» РНК, с размерами генома от 25 до 32 тыс. нуклеотидов, вызывающие респираторные и кишечные заболевания животных и человека. В обзоре рассмотрены случаи заболевания человека, вызванные новым коронавирусом (NCoV), возможные естественные резервуары возбудителя, механизмы передачи инфекции, некоторые характеристики этиологического агента заболевания, методы диагностики и идентификации возбудителя, полная последовательность генома и связь NCoV с известными коронавирусами.

Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses with a single-strand “+” RNA, its genome size varying from 25 to 32 thousands of nucleotides. They cause respiratory and intestinal diseases in animals and humans. The review contains the data on human infection cases induced by a new coronavirus (NCoV), as well as the information about probable natural agent reservoirs, mechanisms of transmission, some characteristic features of the etiological agent, methods of diagnostics and identification, complete genome sequence, and NCoV relation to the established coronaviruses.

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