title: Emerging viruses set to soar.
abstract: The emergence rate of novel viruses, such as the coronavirus that sparked SARS, could well be on the rise. Researchers now think that the SARS virus split from group 2 coronaviruses, and that this happened relatively recently on the scale of coronavirus evolution.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzsimons
mesh_terms: D003333:Coronaviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D014195:Travel