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Abstract
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.
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6 entry terms
- Betacoronaviruses
- HCoV-HKU1
- Human coronavirus HKU1
- Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
- Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9
- Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4
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13 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.
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Indexing Annotation
infection: coordinate with CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
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History Note
2018
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Previous Indexing
- Coronaviridae (2011-2017)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Betacoronavirus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073640. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073640
- Betacoronavirus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betacoronavirus
- Betacoronavirus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16532287