Animal viruses

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1), previously known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), is a coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the respiratory illness responsible for the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. It is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that infects the epithelial cells within the lungs. The virus enters the host cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. It infects humans, bats, and palm civets. The SARS-CoV-1 outbreak was largely brought under control by simple public health meas

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species of the genus Orthopoxvirus

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virus in the species Marburg marburgvirus

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human virus discovered in 1980

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species of RNA virus (genus Thogotovirus, family Orthomyxoviridae) identified in 2014 in Bourbon County, Kansas, US

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species of virus

viruses that infect animals