London1 novel CoV/2012

London1_novel CoV/2012
MERS-CoV particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy. Virions contain characteristic club-like projections emanating from the viral membrane.
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Subfamily: Coronavirinae
Genus: Betacoronavirus
Species: London1_novel CoV/2012

London1_novel CoV/2012 is the name of the novel coronavirus isolated from a Qatari man in London in 2012 who was one of the first patients to come down with what has since been named Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. The Qatari patient had traveled to Saudi Arabia from Qatar. He returned to Qatar, but when he fell ill, he traveled to London for treatment. The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency (HPA) named the virus.[1]

Virology

Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that London1 is a betacoronavirus with a close relationship to Bat coronaviruses HKU4 and HKU5. It was found that the virus nucleic acid fragment identified in the isolate from the Qatai-London patient is derived from a novel coronavirus that is distinct from all coronaviruses previously identified.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roos, Robert (September 25, 2012). "UK agency picks name for new coronavirus isolate". Centers for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
  2. ↑ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - Surveillance and Communication Unit; Chand, MA; Brown, CS; Aarons, E; Tong, C; Langrish, C; Hoschler, K; Brown, K; Galiano, M; Myers, R; Pebody; Green, HK; Boddington, NL; Gopal, R; Price, N; Newsholme, W; Drosten, C; Fouchier, RA; Zambon, M (2012). "Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012". Euro surveillance. 17 (40): 20290. PMID 23078800.
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