Virus
betacoronavirus
Subclass of:
Genus: Coronavirus
Definitions related to betacoronavirus:
  • A genus of enveloped and spherical positive sense ssRNA viruses in the subfamily Coronavirinae of the family Coronaviridae with a diameter of about 120 nm. Betacoronaviruses have a nonopartite, linear genome of 27-32 kb. Bats are the most common reservoir for betacoronaviruses.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of mostly mammals. Human betacoronaviruses include HUMAN ENTERIC CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS OC43; MERS VIRUS; and SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. Members have either core transcription regulatory sequences of 5'-CUAAAC-3' or 5'-CUAAAC-3' and mostly have no ORF downstream to the N protein gene.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Betacoronavirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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