The Biology of Coronaviruses
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Virology
- Vol. 64 (4) , 761-776
- https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-64-4-761
Abstract
Introduction. The Coronaviridae is a monogeneric family comprising 11 viruses which infect vertebrates. Members of the group are responsible for diseases of clinical and economic importance, in particular respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders (Table 1). The group was originally recognized on the basis of a characteristic virion morphology (Tyrrell et al., 1968), but can now be defined by biological and molecular criteria. Various aspects of coronavirus biology have been dealt with in recent reviews (Robb & Bond, 1979; Siddell et al., 1982; Wege et al., 1982).Keywords
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