Rethinking the drivers of coronavirus virulence and pathogenesis; toward an understanding of the dynamic world of mutations, indels, and recombination within the alphacoronaviruses

ABSTRACT Alphacoronaviruses are widespread but understudied in comparison to betacoronaviruses. Within the alphacoronaviruses is the species Alphacoronavirus-1, which comprises distinct viruses of cats, dogs, and pigs, along with a separate species that infects mustelids—as well as other related vir...

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Published in:	mBio
Main Authors:	Ximena A. Olarte-Castillo, Laura E. Frazier, Jessica C. Gomes Noll, Annette Choi, Gary R. Whittaker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2025-10-01
Subjects:	Alphacoronavirus feline coronavirus (FCoV) canine coronavirus (CCoV) porcine coronavirus recombination insertions-deletions (indel)
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01921-25