Meanings
comparative more coronaviruslike · superlative most coronaviruslike · alternative coronavirus-like
- biologyResembling a coronavirus.
Coronaviruslike particles (CVLPs) in fecal samples have been inconsistently associated with diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms in humans.
1985 September, “Coronaviruslike particles in human gastrointestinal disease: epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory observations”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 139, page 9282 more examples
The presence of negative-stranded sgRNAs in infected cells, which has recently been described for coronaviruses (35, 36), would be an important indication for a coronaviruslike transcription mechanism in EAV.
1991 June, Johan den Boon, “Equine arteritis virus is not a togavirus but belongs to the coronaviruslike superfamily”, in Journal of Virology, volume 65, number 6, page 2910This group of viruses includes rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Norwalk and Norwalk-like viruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, and viruses having a coronaviruslike morphology.
1995, Patrick R. Murray, Manual of Clinical Microbiology, page 1017
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