BANAL-52
Translingual
Proper noun
BANAL-52
- (virology) A SARSr-CoV-like Betacoronavirus that natively infects bats first discovered in Laos. One of the closest wild relatives to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Synonyms
- BANAL-20-52
Hypernyms
- Betacoronavirus
- Cornidovirineae
- Coronaviridae
- Coronavirinae
- Coronavirus
- CoV
- Orthocoronavirinae
- Orthocoronavirus
- Sarbecovirus
- Virus
Related terms
- BANAL-103
- BANAL-20-103
- BANAL-20-236
- BANAL-20-52
- BANAL-236
Coordinate terms
closest known relatives to SARS-CoV-2
- BANAL-103
- BANAL-20-103
- BANAL-20-236
- BANAL-20-52
- BANAL-236
- RaTG13
- RmYN02
- RpYN06
See also
- MERS-CoV
- MERSr-CoV
- SARS-CoV
- SARS-CoV-1
- SARS-CoV-2
- SARSr-CoV
English-language terms concerning BANAL-52
- bat coronavirus
- betacoronavirus
- corona
- coronavirus
- orthocoronavirus
- sarbecovirus
- SARS-like