Poxvirus AdenoVirus Corona Virus Lecture

Coronaviruses are named after the typical aspect of the virions
under electronic microscopes, as they seem surrounded by a
“corona”.
— Infect a high number of animal species, including humans.
— They were associated until 2003 with a respiratory, sometimes
enteric, infection,
— that was always benign
— In 2003, there were found to be the etiological agent of SARS, a
deadly epidemics that broke in China (10% mortality).
— More recently, they caused another deadly epidemics called
MERS: Middle-East respiratory syndrome