Rat coronavirus

Rat coronavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Pisuviricota
Class: Pisoniviricetes
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Genus: Betacoronavirus
Subgenus: Embecovirus
Species:
Murine coronavirus
Strain:
Rat coronavirus
Strains
  • Sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDAV)
  • Parker's Rat Coronavirus (PRC)
  • CARS
  • RCV-BCMM
  • RCV-W
  • RCV-NJ

Rat coronavirus, or RCV, is a strain or subspecies of Murine coronavirus that infects rats.[1] The earliest discovered strains of Rat coronavirus were Sialodacryoadenitis virus, also known as SDAV, and Parker's Rat Coronavirus (PRC). Four other substrains have since been discovered; CARS, RCV-BCMM, RCV-W and RCV-NJ.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :19 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ann Story (May–June 2009). "Rat Coronavirus". Pro-Rat-a (171). Retrieved 2020-06-11.