• Majid Teymoori-Rad, Saeed Samadizadeh, Alijan Tabarraei, Abdolvahab Moradi, Mahsa Bataghva Shahbaz, and Alireza Tahamtan.
• Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
• Expert Rev Respir Med. 2020 Sep 1; 14 (9): 881-888.

IntroductionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) recently introduced as a global public health problem by the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus outbreak has been documented around the world. Updating data in different aspects of the virus could force us to revise our idea about the main questions concerning coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).Areas CoveredAlthough our knowledge about the SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 is largely based on the very limited data, the information is growing rapidly. The renewed answers to the specific research questions concerning updating data not only reveal gaps for future research but also re-categorized our information. Here, we attempt to briefly discuss 10 important questions about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.Expert OpinionSince our knowledge about different aspects of SARS-CoV-2 appears to be in its infancy and is rapidly changing, the provision of the right data is more difficult in this regard. However, we try to rely on results from more extensive research to answer the main questions about this new virus. Therefore, further studies, particularly in the context of the virus pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine development, are warranted.

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