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Alphacoronavirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Alphacoronavirus
Tree Number(s)
B04.820.578.500.540.150.075
Unique ID
D000073638
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073638
Annotation
infection: coordinate with CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
Scope Note
A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of mammals. Human alphacoronaviruses include Human coronavirus 229E and NL63. All members share the identical core transcription regulatory sequences of 5’-CUAAAC-3’ and most have 1 to 2 ORFs downstream to the N protein gene.
Entry Term(s)
Bat coronavirus CDPHE15
Bat coronavirus HKU10
Miniopterus bat coronavirus 1
Miniopterus bat coronavirus HKU8
Mink coronavirus 1
Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2
Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512
Registry Numbers
txid693996
txid1913643
txid1244203
txid694000
txid694001
txid1913642
txid693998
txid693999
Related Numbers
txid1244203
txid1913642
txid1913643
txid693998
txid693999
txid694000
txid694001
Previous Indexing
Coronaviridae (2011-2017)
Public MeSH Note
2018
History Note
2018
Date Introduced
2018/01/01
Last Updated
2020/08/13
Alphacoronavirus Preferred
Bat coronavirus CDPHE15 Narrower
Bat coronavirus HKU10 Narrower
Miniopterus bat coronavirus 1 Narrower
Miniopterus bat coronavirus HKU8 Narrower
Mink coronavirus 1 Narrower
Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2 Narrower
Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 Narrower
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