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==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
Following the high-profile publicity of SARS outbreaks, there has been a renewed interest in coronaviruses in the field of [[virology]]. For many years, scientists knew only about the existence of two human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43). The discovery of SARS-CoV added another human coronavirus to the list. By the end of 2004, three independent research labs reported the discovery of a fourth human coronavirus. It has been named NL63, NL or the New Haven coronavirus by the different research groups.<ref>{{cite journal | author=van der Hoek L, Pyrc K, Jebbink MF, ''et al.'' | title=Identification of a new human coronavirus | doi= 10.1038/nm1024 | journal=Nat Med | year=2004 | volume=10 | issue=4 | pages=368–73 }}</ref> The naming of this fourth coronavirus is still a controversial issue, because the three labs are still battling over who actually discovered the virus first and hence earns the right to name the virus. Early in 2005, a research team at the University of Hong Kong reported finding a fifth human coronavirus in two [[pneumonia]] patients, and subsequently named it [[HKU1]]. | Following the high-profile publicity of SARS outbreaks, there has been a renewed interest in coronaviruses in the field of [[virology]]. For many years, scientists knew only about the existence of two human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43). The discovery of SARS-CoV added another human coronavirus to the list. By the end of 2004, three independent research labs reported the discovery of a fourth human coronavirus. It has been named NL63, NL or the New Haven coronavirus by the different research groups.<ref>{{cite journal | author=van der Hoek L, Pyrc K, Jebbink MF, ''et al.'' | title=Identification of a new human coronavirus | doi= 10.1038/nm1024 | journal=Nat Med | year=2004 | volume=10 | issue=4 | pages=368–73 }}</ref> The naming of this fourth coronavirus is still a controversial issue, because the three labs are still battling over who actually discovered the virus first and hence earns the right to name the virus. Early in 2005, a research team at the University of Hong Kong reported finding a fifth human coronavirus in two [[pneumonia]] patients, and subsequently named it [[HKU1]]. | ||
==Classification== | |||
===Human Coronaviruses=== | |||
*HCoV-229E | |||
*HCoV-OC43 | |||
*SARS-CoV | |||
*NL63/NL/New Haven coronavirus | |||
*HKU1-CoV | |||
*HCoV-EMC | |||
*Novel Coronavirus 2012 | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
This is a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans.
Historical Perspective
Following the high-profile publicity of SARS outbreaks, there has been a renewed interest in coronaviruses in the field of virology. For many years, scientists knew only about the existence of two human coronaviruses (HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43). The discovery of SARS-CoV added another human coronavirus to the list. By the end of 2004, three independent research labs reported the discovery of a fourth human coronavirus. It has been named NL63, NL or the New Haven coronavirus by the different research groups.[1] The naming of this fourth coronavirus is still a controversial issue, because the three labs are still battling over who actually discovered the virus first and hence earns the right to name the virus. Early in 2005, a research team at the University of Hong Kong reported finding a fifth human coronavirus in two pneumonia patients, and subsequently named it HKU1.
Classification
- HCoV-229E
- HCoV-OC43
- SARS-CoV
- NL63/NL/New Haven coronavirus
- HKU1-CoV
- HCoV-EMC
- Novel Coronavirus 2012
References
- ↑ van der Hoek L, Pyrc K, Jebbink MF; et al. (2004). "Identification of a new human coronavirus". Nat Med. 10 (4): 368&ndash, 73. doi:10.1038/nm1024.