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HKU5-CoV-2 is a newly discovered bat coronavirus that belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus and is similar to Covid-19. While it carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, the virus has not been ...

HKU5-CoV-2 belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, a group of coronaviruses primarily found in bats. The research team, led by Shi Zhengli, commonly known as China’s “bat woman,” identified ...

Because HKU5-CoV-2 is member of Merbecovirus of beacoronaviruses unlike SARS-CoV2 which belongs to Sarbecovirus subgenus, it is genetically different from Covid-19, reported Etimes. As per lab ...

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 ...

The recently identified bat coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 is a member of the merbecovirus subgenus, which also contains the virus that causes Middle East respiratory disease (MERS). Scientists discovered ...

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.

The discovery is a new lineage of the HKU5 coronavirus first identified in the Japanese pipistrelle bat in Hong Kong. HKU5-CoV-2 or Bat Virus belongs to the 'merbecovirus subgenus', which is ...

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

The newly discovered virus belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus. It is a new lineage of the HKU5 coronavirus which was initially ...

Picture: Getty The new bat virus is part of the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus responsible for MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome). MERS has been detected in about 2,600 ...

The HKU5-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in the Japanese pipistrelle bat in Hong Kong and comes under the merbecovirus subgenus which the virus responsible for causing Middle East respiratory ...