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