Coronaviruses

"Coronaviruses" in a Sentence (3 examples)

Under a microscope, coronaviruses look like round blobs surrounded by spikes, much like the corona, or crown, surrounding the sun.

There are seven coronaviruses that can affect people. The common cold is one, as are its more virulent cousins: SARS, severe acute respiratory virus, and MERS, Middle East respiratory virus.

SARS and MERS are examples of two earlier coronaviruses.

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