Scientists predict that SARS-CoV-2 virus may resemble common cold-causing viruses in the future
How fast this shift comes to be depends on the virus spreads and how immune systems respond to vaccines, the researchers said.
Jan 14, 2021 12:27:36 IST
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may resemble the mild cold-causing coronaviruses that currently circulate in humans if it becomes endemic and most people are exposed in childhood, according to a study. The modelling study, published on Tuesday in the journal
Science, is based on research of the four common cold coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-1. The analysis of the immunological and epidemiological data for these viruses helped the researchers to develop a model to predict the trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 as it becomes endemic, when the virus circulates in the general population. The researchers noted that four common cold-causing coronaviruses have been circulating in humans for a long time and almost everyone is infected at a you
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 14:47 IST
The researchers noted that four common cold-causing coronaviruses have been circulating in humans for a long time and almost everyone is infected at a young age. COVID-19: Scientists predict novel coronavirus may resemble common cold in future | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may resemble the mild cold-causing coronaviruses that currently circulate in humans if it becomes endemic and most people are exposed in childhood, according to a study.
The modelling study, published on Tuesday in the journal
Science, is based on research of the four common cold coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-1.