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LEARN ABOUT Betacoronavirus and Sarbecovirus; Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (including SARS-CoV-2)
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Table 1: Major Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Past Two Decades
| Year |
Outbreak |
| 2019 |
SARS-CoV-2 |
| 2018 |
Lassa |
| 2017 |
Zika |
| 2017 |
Ebola |
| 2014 |
Chikungunya |
| 2014 |
Ebola |
| 2012 |
MERS |
| 2010 |
Cholera |
| 2009 |
H1N1 Influenza |
| 2004 |
H5N1 Influenza |
| 2003 |
SARS-CoV-1 |
| 2001 |
Enterovirus 71 |
| 2001 |
Nipah |
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Betacoronavirus (β-CoVs or Beta-CoVs) is one of four genera (Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma-, and Delta-) of coronaviruses.
Sarbecovirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (including SARS-CoV-2)
Coronaviridae. Family of enveloped, positive-strand RNA viruses which infect amphibians, birds, and mammals.
SARS-CoV-2. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
EXAMPLE: Phylogenetic tree of Coronaviridae with host species indicated by color
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