CORONA VIRUS (COVID 19) : Epidemiologypathogenesis diagnosis therapeutics and vaccines

In this book we aimed to describe a variety of techniques that reflect the wide range of research currently being performed in the field of corona virology. However most of the techniques described are also applicable to a wide variety of other virology fields so we hope that this book will have wider appeal. As such we have started this book with an over-view chapter of current understanding of coronavirus replication and pathogenesis to introduce no specialist readers to the field.   Since the emergence of SARS-Coronavirus in 2003 numerous new coronaviruses have been identified. The emergence of MERS-Coronavirus in 2012 and the continued occurrence of human cases highlight the importance of techniques to verify the presence of coronaviruses in a sample as well as identify new coronaviruses that may pose a potential threat to the health of both humans and livestock. As such chapters have been chosen to describe identification diagnosis and study of evolution coronaviruses.  To allow the study of viruses propagation and quantification of virus is essential.