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Preferred term

Coronaviridae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bafinivirus
  • Bafiniviruses
  • Coronavirinae
  • Torovirinae
  • White bream virus
  • White bream viruses

Note

  • infection = CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • Spherical RNA viruses, in the order NIDOVIRALES, infecting a wide range of animals including humans. Transmission is by fecal-oral and respiratory routes. Mechanical transmission is also common. There are two genera: CORONAVIRUS and TOROVIRUS.

History note

  • 81; was CORONAVIRUSES 1974-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003332

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