coronaviruslike

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adjective

Resembling a coronavirus.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivecoronaviruslike (comparative more coronaviruslike, superlative most coronaviruslike)

comparative more coronaviruslike · superlative most coronaviruslike · alternative coronavirus-like

  1. 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 928
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    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 2910

    This 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

Origin

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