Coronavirus
- cause diseases in mammals/birds
- cause respiratory tract infection (typical mild) such as common cold
- can be lethal SARS/MERS/COVID-19
- symptoms vary per species
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no vaccines/drugs
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subfamily: Orthocoronavirinae
- family: Coronaviridae
- order: Nidovirales
- realm: Riboviria
- enveloped
- positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome
- helical nucleocapsid
- 27-34kb
- largest RNA virus
- corona means crown or halo
