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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
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

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Betacoronavirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2024