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Betacoronavirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Betacoronavirus
Tree Number(s)
B04.820.578.500.540.150.113
Unique ID
D000073640
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073640
Annotation
infection: coordinate with CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
HCoV-HKU1
Human coronavirus HKU1
Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9
Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4
Registry Numbers
txid694002
txid290028
txid694007
txid694006
txid694008
Related Numbers
txid290028
txid694006
txid694007
txid694008
Previous Indexing
Coronaviridae (2011-2017)
Public MeSH Note
2018
History Note
2018
Date Established
2018/01/01
Date of Entry
2017/07/11
Revision Date
2022/07/15
Betacoronavirus Preferred
Human coronavirus HKU1 Broader
Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4 Narrower
Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9 Narrower
Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5 Narrower
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