Common human coronaviruses

coronaviruses

Why is called Coronavirus ?

What are the Human Coronavirus Types?

When was coronaviruses  first identified ?

How many coronaviruses  infect humans?

What are common viruses infected human beings?

What  are recent coronaviruses ?

 

Why is called Coronavirus ?

Human Coronavirus are named for the crown-like spikes on their surface.

What are the Human Coronavirus Types?
 There are four main sub-groupings of coronaviruses,
known as alpha, beta, gamma, and delta.

When was coronaviruses  first identified ?
Human coronaviruses were first identified in the mid-1960s.

How many coronaviruses  infect humans?

The seven coronaviruses that can infect people are:
Common human coronaviruses

229E (alpha coronavirus)
NL63 (alpha coronavirus)
OC43 (beta coronavirus)
HKU1 (beta coronavirus)

Other human coronaviruses

MERS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS)

SARS-CoV (the beta coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS)
SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19).

What are common viruses infected human beings?

People around the world commonly get infected with

human coronaviruses

 

229E,

NL63, 

OC43,

HKU1.

Sometimes coronaviruses that infect animals can evolve and
make people sick and become a new human coronavirus.

What  are recent coronaviruses ?

Three recent examples of this are 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html