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    Coronavirus

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    This article is about the group of viruses. For the disease involved in the
    ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, see COVID-19. For the virus that causes this
    disease, see Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus  2.

    Orthocoronavirinae

    Transmission electron

    micrograph of Avian coronavirus

    Illustration of a coronavirus[2]

      Red: spike proteins (S)

      Grey: lipid bilayer envelope

      Yellow: envelope proteins (E)


      Orange: membrane proteins (M)

    Virus classification

    (unranked): Virus

    Realm: Riboviria

    Kingdom: Orthornavirae

    Phylum: Pisuviricota

    Class: Pisoniviricetes

    Order: Nidovirales

    Family: Coronaviridae

    Subfamily: Orthocoronavirinae

    Genera[1]

     Alphacoronavirus
     Betacoronavirus
     Gammacoronavirus
     Deltacoronavirus

    Synonyms[3][4]

     Coronavirinae

    Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases


    in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract
    infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some
    cases of the common cold (which is also caused by other viruses,
    predominantly rhinoviruses), while more lethal varieties can cause SARS, MERS,
    and COVID-19. In cows and pigs they cause diarrhea, while in mice they
    cause hepatitis and encephalomyelitis.
    Coronaviruses constitute the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae, in the
    family Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales, and realm Riboviria.[4][5] They are enveloped
    viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome and a nucleocapsid of
    helical symmetry.[6] The genome size of coronaviruses ranges from approximately 26
    to 32 kilobases, one of the largest among RNA viruses.[7] They have characteristic
    club-shaped spikes that project from their surface, which in electron
    micrographs create an image reminiscent of the solar corona, from which their name
    derives.[8]

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