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Preferred term

Betacoronavirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Human coronavirus HKU1
  • Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
  • Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9
  • Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4

Note

  • infection: coordinate with CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of mostly mammals. Human betacoronaviruses include HUMAN ENTERIC CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS OC43; MERS VIRUS; and SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. Members have either core transcription regulatory sequences of 5’-CUAAAC-3’ or 5’-CUAAAC-3’ and mostly have no ORF downstream to the N protein gene.

History note

  • 2018

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073640

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