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Coronaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that
cause respiratory illnesses of varying severity
from the common cold to fatal pneumonia
7 coronaviruses are known to cause disease
in humans
first discovered in domestic poultry in the 1930s,
cause
• respiratory,
• gastrointestinal,
• liver, and
• neurologic diseases
in animals
7 coronaviruses
A. Four of the 7 coronaviruses most frequently
cause symptoms of the common cold.
• Coronaviruses 229E and OC43
• the serotypes NL63 and HUK1