deltacoronavirus

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English

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Etymology

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From delta +‎ coronavirus.

Noun

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deltacoronavirus (plural deltacoronaviruses)

  1. Any virus of the genus Deltacoronavirusws.
    • 2014, Leyi Wang, “Detection and genetic characterization of deltacoronavirus in pigs, Ohio, USA, 2014”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 20, number 7, page 1227:
      In Ohio, United States, in early 2014, a deltacoronavirus was detected in feces and intestine samples from pigs with diarrheal disease.