The virus, identified as HKU5-CoV-2, belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the Mers virus. This newly isolated strain can bind to the ACE2 receptor in human cells, the same pathway ...

The new virus comes from the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reported.

HKU5-CoV-2 is a coronavirus belonging to the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Scientists found that the new virus can bind ...

HKU5-CoV-2 is a coronavirus belonging comes from the merbecovirus subgenus A new bat coronavirus, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered in China. A Chinese team ...