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What to know about coronaviruse What are coronaviruses? Symptoms Types Transmission SARS Coronaviruses are types of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated with the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and can also affect the gut. A coronavirus was first isolated in 1937 from an infectious  bronchitis  virus in birds that has the ability to seriously devastate poultry stocks. These viruses are responsible for between  15 and 30 percent  of common colds. Over the last 70 years, scientists have found that coronaviruses can infect mice, rats, dogs, cats,  turkeys , horses, pigs, and cattle. Most recently, authorities identified a coronavirus outbreak in China that has now reached other countries. This  MNT Knowledge Center  article will focus on the different types of human coronaviruses, their symptoms, how they are transmitted, and tw...