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Coronavirus NL63 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/4/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Passing the time while waiting out the virus, did a lot of research on the actual virus and found many different forms/strains.

 


All information regarding the coronavirus is taken directly from Wikipedia


NL63 (alpha coronavirus)

Description:

Human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) is a species of coronavirus that was identified in late 2004 in a seven-month-old child with bronchiolitis in the Netherlands.[1] The infecting virus is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus which enters its host cell by the ACE2 receptor. Infection with the virus has been confirmed worldwide, and has an association with many common symptoms and diseases. Associated diseases include mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infections, severe lower respiratory tract infection, croup and bronchiolitis.

Transmission:

It is believed that the route of HCoV-NL63 is spread through direct person-to-person transmission in highly populated areas.

Symptoms:

The comorbidity of HCoV-NL63 with other respiratory infections, has made the specific symptoms of the virus difficult to pinpoint. A study of clinical symptoms in HCoV-NL63 patients without secondary infection, reported the most common symptoms to be fever, cough, rhinitis, sore throat, hoarseness, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and croup.

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