Human coronavirus 229E
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Group: | Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
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Species: | Human coronavirus 229E
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Human coronavirus 229E is a single-stranded, positive-sense, RNA virus species in the Betacoronavirus genus of the subfamily Coronavirinae, in the family Coronaviridae, of the order Nidovirales. Along with Human coronavirus 0C43, it is responsible for the common cold.[1]
References
- ^ Susanna K. P. Lau, Paul Lee, Alan K. L. Tsang, Cyril C. Y. Yip,1 Herman Tse, Rodney A. Lee, Lok-Yee So, Yu-Lung Lau, Kwok-Hung Chan, Patrick C. Y. Woo, and Kwok-Yung Yuen. Molecular Epidemiology of Human Coronavirus OC43 Reveals Evolution of Different Genotypes over Time and Recent Emergence of a Novel Genotype due to Natural Recombination. J Virology. 2011 November; 85(21): 11325–11337. doi: 10.1128/JVI.05512-11PMCID: PMC3194943