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What are the different strains of corona virus?

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What are the different strains of corona virus?#3702

By Iniya Rajendran - 07 Mar 2020, 12:38

- 07 Mar 2020, 12:38 #3702

Are there other types of corona virus and what are the difference between each of them?

Re: What are the different strains of corona virus?#3750

By Naghul adhithya k s - 09 Mar 2020, 20:13

- 09 Mar 2020, 20:13 #3750

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)
People around the world commonly get infected with human coronaviruses 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1.
Sometimes coronaviruses that infect animals can evolve and make people sick and become a new human coronavirus. Three recent examples of this are 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV.