The original Sars virus disappeared – here’s why coronavirus won’t do the same
The original Sars virus disappeared on its own, but it is unlikely that today's novel coronavirus will do the same. Virologist Connor Bamford explains why.
Connor Bamford is a postdoctoral researcher at the MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research in the UK where works on the cell biology of hepatitis C virus, an important human pathogen. He obtained his PhD in molecular virology at the Queen's University, Belfast researching mumps virus.
The original Sars virus disappeared on its own, but it is unlikely that today's novel coronavirus will do the same. Virologist Connor Bamford explains why.