Hong Kong University variant 1(English)
- a group II coronavirus, first detected in Hong Kong in 2005 from an adult patient with chronic pulmonary disease. All attempts to grow a virus from his respiratory secretions failed until recently, but coronavirus RNA was initially detected by RT-PCR using pol gene consensus primers. It is a 29,926-nucleotide, polyadenylated RNA, with G+C content of 32%
- hMPV, LRTI, PIV, RSV, HKU4, HKU5, CoV
- Virology
- https://doi.org….2.884-895.2005
- https://www.ncb…uccore/AY597011
- https://doi.org…1743-422x-9-247
- https://doi.org…093/ofid/ofx052