Corona Virus

Coronavirus

Corona virus is a family of viruses that has potential to cause a deadly diseases in mammals and birds. In humans they're typically spread via airborne droplets of fluid produced by infected individuals.

Corona virus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARs) which cause death in humans. Besides that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERs) can cause death in humans.

Origin of Corona Virus

It was first described in detail in the 1960s, the coronavirus gets its name from a typical corona or 'crown' of sugary-proteins that pointed from the envelope surrounding the particle. Encoding the virus's make-up is the longest genome of any RNA-based virus – a single strand of nucleic acid roughly 26,000 to 32,000 bases long.

There are four known genuses in the family, named Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Gammacoronavirus, and Deltacoronavirus. The first two only infect mammals, including bats, pigs, cats, and humans. Gammacoronavirus mostly infects birds such as poultry, while Deltacoronavirus can infect both birds and mammals.