deltacoronavirus

noun

Any virus of the genus Deltacoronavirus.

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Meanings

noundeltacoronavirus (plural deltacoronaviruses)

plural deltacoronaviruses

  1. Any virus of the genus Deltacoronavirus.

    In Ohio, United States, in early 2014, a deltacoronavirus was detected in feces and intestine samples from pigs with diarrheal disease.

    2014, Leyi Wang, “Detection and genetic characterization of deltacoronavirus in pigs, Ohio, USA, 2014”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 20, number 7, page 1227

Origin

From delta + coronavirus.

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