In the case of HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-HKU1 (other two common coronaviruses), application of all Koch’s postulates turned out to be impossible
Tag: Coronavirus
Viruses use peptide expressed on cellular membrane as “receptors” to enter host cells and then downregulate the expression of these peptides. SARS-CoV-1,2 and ACE2.
Physiological Literacy:
Brigitte A. Wevers, Lia van der Hoek, two researchers from the Netherlands, did a good job in describing how common coronaviruses penetrate host cells and some possible mechanisms of their pathological action.