Comparative study of SARS, MERS, BAT?SARS, and SARS-CoV-2

A previous study constructed a phylogenetic tree and revealed that the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 is 88% identical with BAT-CoV. This study also reported that the BetaCoV-bat-Yunnan-RaTG13-2013 virus is almost identical to SARS-CoV-2.Even though a comparative study on the genomic sequences of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 is available, there is a gap in the research in regards to the comparison between four types of coronaviruses, namely, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, BAT-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. The FMSD tool revealed that SARS-CoV is more closely associated with SARS-CoV-2 than BAT-CoV.Posted in: Medical Science News | Medical Research News | Miscellaneous News | Disease/Infection News | Healthcare NewsTags: Compound, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, Evolution, Gene, Genes, Genetic, Genome, Genomic, Genomics, Glycoprotein, MERS-CoV, Mortality, Mutation, Nucleotide, Pandemic, Phylogeny, Protein, Research, Respiratory, RNA, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Spike Protein, Syndrome, Vaccine, Virology, VirusWritten byPriyom holds a Ph.D. in Plant Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Madras, India. Retrieved on April 02, 2021 from https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210402/Comparative-study-of-SARS-MERS-BATe28090SARS-and-SARS-CoV-2.aspx.MLABose, Priyom. <https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210402/Comparative-study-of-SARS-MERS-BATe28090SARS-and-SARS-CoV-2.aspx>.ChicagoBose, Priyom. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210402/Comparative-study-of-SARS-MERS-BATe28090SARS-and-SARS-CoV-2.aspx.