iD magazine

HOW DOES COVID-19 INVADE THE BODY?

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The name coronaviru­s comes from the virus’s characteri­stic appearance (in Latin “corona” means “crown”) and refers to the crown-like spikes on the pathogenic particle’s surface. COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) enters a cell when a spike protein binds to the receptor human ACE2 (HACE2).

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