Coronaviruses are common animal and human viruses.
Coronaviruses were first discovered in poultry in the 1930s.
Coronaviruses cause a range of neurologic, respiratory, liver, and gastrointestinal diseases in animals.
Virology MCQs
What Is A Novel Coronavirus?
Who Named COVID-19?
The coronavirus disease of 2019 was named COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO) in a press release on February 11, 2020.
What Is Covid 19 Stands For?
How many Coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans?
The following 7 coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans.
Common human coronaviruses:
These 4 human coronaviruses cause symptoms of “common cold.”
- 229E (Alpha Coronavirus)
- OC43 (Alpha Coronavirus)
- NL63 (Beta Coronavirus)
- HUK1 (Beta Coronavirus)
Other human coronaviruses
These 3 human coronaviruses cause serious lung infections, like pneumonia.
- SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS)
- MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)
- SARS-CoV-2 (Current pandemic known as COVID-19)