Human coronavirus HKU1

species of virus
Taxon taxon Q16983360
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Summary

Human coronavirus HKU1 is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Human coronavirus HKU1's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Human coronavirus HKU1 is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • human is named after Human coronavirus HKU1[5].
  • Coronavirus is named after Human coronavirus HKU1[6].
  • University of Hong Kong is named after Human coronavirus HKU1[7].
  • 1 is named after Human coronavirus HKU1[8].
  • Human coronavirus HKU1 belongs to the parent taxon Betacoronavirus[9].
  • Human coronavirus HKU1 belongs to the parent taxon Embecovirus[10].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Human coronavirus HKU1 is Human coronavirus HKU1[11].
  • Human coronavirus HKU1's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[12].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Human coronavirus HKU1 is Human coronavirus HKU1[11]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Betacoronavirus[9] and Embecovirus[10].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include human[5], an organisms known by a particular common name[13]; Coronavirus[6], a taxon[14]; University of Hong Kong[7], a public research university[15], in People's Republic of China[16], founded in 1911[17], headquartered in Lung Fu Shan[18]; and 1[8], a non-negative integer[19].

Identifiers

Human coronavirus HKU1's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 290028[20]. Human coronavirus HKU1's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8615515[21]. Human coronavirus HKU1's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10463604[22].

Why It Matters

Human coronavirus HKU1 ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (222 views/month, #1,569 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 5w ago · Brya · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → human, Orthocoronavirinae, University of Hong Kong +1
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → species
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Taxon name: Human coronavirus HKU1"
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