id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-019048-29wzpwvr Franks, Teri J. Coronavirus 2013-08-26 .txt text/plain 2805 135 47 From discovery to mid-September 2013, HCoV-EMC, renamed MERS-CoV, (de Groot 2013 ) caused 132 laboratory-confi rmed cases of severe acute pneumonia including 58 deaths. Certain structural proteins are common to all coronaviruses: the spike glycoprotein S, an envelope glycoprotein that mediates receptor-binding and membrane fusion; the envelope spanning glycoprotein M, which contributes to the thickness of the envelop; the envelope protein E, which has been identifi ed as a virulence factor SARS-CoV ; and the nucleocapsid protein N, with its function in genome encapsidation, RNA synthesis and translation, and as a type I interferon antagonist ( Fig. 13 .2 ). Initial signs and symptoms of SARS are nonspecifi c and common, which generates a wide differential diagnosis of respiratory pathogens including infl uenza virus, parainfl uenza Fig. 13.4 Acute-phase DAD in SARS patient. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection ./cache/cord-019048-29wzpwvr.txt ./txt/cord-019048-29wzpwvr.txt