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Nidovirales
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Definition
: An order comprising three families of eukaryotic viruses possessing linear, nonsegmented, positive sense RNA genomes. The families are CORONAVIRIDAE; ARTERIVIRIDAE; and RONIVIRIDAE.
infection
Examples
Arteriviridae
;
Coronaviridae
;
Roniviridae
Other names
Nidovirus; Nidoviruses