冠狀病毒科(學名:Coronaviridae)是正鏈單股RNA病毒的一個科,屬網巢病毒目,為具包膜、直徑約80—120nm的病毒,基因組長約26–32kb,為RNA病毒中較大者。本科包含正冠狀病毒亞科與勒托病毒亚科兩個亞科,前者包含多種造成動物與人類疾病的病毒,又分为α、β、γ、δ等四个属;後者則僅知包含一種感染小雨蛙的病毒姬蛙甲型勒托病毒一型(MLeV)[1]。
冠狀病毒科的分類如下:
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