Medicine
2 years ago

New Term "Common Cold Coronaviruses" Proposed for Less Severe Strains

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
A Proposal to Refer to Four Coronaviruses of Limited Human Virulence “Common Cold Coronaviruses”
Kenneth McIntosh, Stanley Perlman, Arnold S. Monto, Janet A. Englund

Paper Summary

Four common cold coronaviruses, known as ccCoV, cause mild upper respiratory tract disease in humans. These viruses are different from more severe coronaviruses like SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2.

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