{"id":31311,"date":"2025-03-18T07:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T01:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31311"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:26:35","slug":"human-coronavirus-hku1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/human-coronavirus-hku1\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Coronavirus HKU1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Human Coronavirus HKU1 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A 45-year-old woman from Garia, Kolkata, has been diagnosed with human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1).<\/p>\n<h2>About Human Coronavirus HKU1<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Human coronavirus HKU1 is also known as <strong>Betacoronavirus hongkonense<\/strong>. It is a species of coronavirus that can affect both humans and animals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> It was first identified in 2004 by researchers at <strong>Hong Kong University<\/strong>, which is how it got its name.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms: <\/strong>According to the CDC and NIH, symptoms of HKU1 include a runny nose, fever, coughing, wheezing, headache, and sore throat. While symptoms are usually mild, untreated cases can sometimes lead to <strong>bronchiolitis and pneumonia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transmission:<\/strong> It is transmitted during <strong>direct contact <\/strong>with the infected person via respiratory droplets (coughing or sneezing), touching contaminated surfaces and then touching the face, mouth, or nose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vulnerability: <\/strong>The disease is <strong>self-limiting and resolves on its own. <\/strong>But vulnerable groups like the elderly, children, pregnant women, those with immuno-compromised conditions or with co-morbidities need to be vigilant for severe manifestation of the disease.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment: <\/strong>There is <strong>no vaccine or specific treatment<\/strong> for human coronaviruses. Most infected individuals get better on their own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Difference Between HKU1 and COVID-19<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>HKU1 and COVID-19 are both caused by coronaviruses, but it is not same as Covid-19 and is less severe than Covid-19.<\/li>\n<li>HKU1 is one of the four endemic human coronaviruses that cause common cold and croup, while COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that can cause severe respiratory illness and has caused a global pandemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Human Coronavirus HKU1 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>Is HKU1 the same as COVID-19?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>No, HKU1 is different from COVID-19; HKU1 is a common cold-causing coronavirus, whereas COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>What is human corona?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Human coronaviruses are a group of RNA viruses causing respiratory tract infections in humans, ranging from mild colds to severe diseases like SARS, MERS, and COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>What are the seven human coronaviruses?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The seven human coronaviruses are 229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, SARS-CoV (SARS), MERS-CoV (MERS), and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4. <\/strong>What is the origin of HKU1?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>HKU1 likely originated from rodents and was first identified in 2004 in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/health-wellness\/what-is-human-coronavirus-detected-in-a-kolkata-woman-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-this-strain-9890848\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human coronavirus HKU1 (Betacoronavirus hongkonense) infects humans and animals, causing respiratory issues, especially in winter and early spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}