Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Pisuviricota |
| Class: | Pisoniviricetes |
| Order: | Nidovirales |
| Family: | Coronaviridae |
| Genus: | Betacoronavirus |
| Subgenus: | Merbecovirus |
| Species: | Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
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Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5 (Bat-CoV HKU5) is an enveloped,
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.[1][2][3]
Transmission
The exact means of transmission to humans is not yet well known. However, it has been demonstrated that betaCoV's including HKU5 have the propensity to recombine and cause interspecies transmission. However, this is not seen in Group C betaCov's to which MERS-CoV is most closely related.[4] All HKU5 coronaviruses have been shown to use ACE2 from their natural host species, Pipistrellus abramus, to infect their hosts.[citation needed]
See also
- London1 novel CoV/2012
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
References
External links
- London1-nCoV-2012 phylogenetic tree
- Coronaviruses
- Viralzone: Betacoronavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Coronaviridae
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