Guidelines
Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Coronaviruses

Order: Nidoviralis

Family: Coronaviridea

Subfamily: Orthocoronavirinae

  • Positive Strand RNA virus
  • Genome size up to ~26-32 kb
  • Host ranges mammals and avians
  • Important veterinary pathogens
    • IBV, TGEV, PEDV
  • Humans
    • Common cold hCoV 229E, NL63, OC43
    • Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) CoV
    • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) CoV
    • SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Receptors for Cell Entry

α-Coronaviruses

  • HCoV-229E: APN
  • HCoV-NL63: ACE2
  • TGEV: APN
  • PEDV: APN
  • FIPV: APN
  • CCoV: APN

β-Coronaviruses

  • MHV: mCEACAM
  • SARS-CoV: ACE2
  • MERS-CoV: DPP4