Betacoronavirus

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.

Year introduced: 2018

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Tree Number(s): B04.820.578.500.540.150.113

MeSH Unique ID: D000073640

Registry Number: txid694002

Entry Terms:

• Betacoronaviruses
• Human coronavirus HKU1
• HCoV-HKU1
• Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4
• Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9
• Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5

Previous Indexing:

• Coronaviridae (2011-2017)

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Organisms Category
Viruses
RNA Viruses
Positive-Strand RNA Viruses
Nidovirales
Coronaviridae
Coronavirus
Betacoronavirus
Betacoronavirus 1
Coronavirus OC43, Human
Coronavirus, Bovine
Coronavirus, Rat
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Murine hepatitis virus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2