Betacoronavirus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of the genus Betacoronavirus.

    "The recent outbreak of severe respiratory tract infections associated with a novel human group C betacoronavirus originating from Saudi Arabia has drawn global attention to another highly probable “SARS-like” interspecies jumping event of coronavirus (CoV) from animal to human."

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"The recent outbreak of severe respiratory tract infections associated with a novel human group C betacoronavirus originating from Saudi Arabia has drawn global attention to another highly probable “SARS-like” interspecies jumping event of coronavirus (CoV) from animal to human."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Betacoronavirus.

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