Mesh term Betacoronavirus
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Description
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 SARS VIRUS. 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.Browse to child terms:
Betacoronavirus 1
Coronavirus, Rat
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Murine hepatitis virus
SARS Virus
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