Deltacoronavirus

Deltacoronavirus
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Subfamily: Coronavirinae
Genus: Deltacoronavirus
Type species
Bulbul coronavirus HKU11
Species

Bulbul coronavirus HKU11
Munia coronavirus HKU13
Porcine coronavirus HKU15
Thrush coronavirus HKU12

Deltacoronaviruses are one of the four genera, alpha, beta, gamma, and delta in the subfamily Coronavirinae of the family Coronaviridae. They are enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses of zoonotic origin. Coronaviruses infect both animals and humans. While the alpha and beta genera are derived from the bat gene pool, the gamma and delta genera are derived from the avian and pig gene pools.[1]

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References

  1. Patrick C. Y. Wooa, Susanna K. P. Laua, Carol S. F. Lama, Kwok-Yung Yuena. Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus. J. Virology. April 2012 vol. 86 no. 7 3995-4008



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