Assertion: virus | /r/CapableOf | infect human
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text: So the virus got over one of the barriers -- it's able to infect humans, grow in them and cause disease -- but thankfully it really doesn't spread well person to person, other than very, very close contacts.
text: The term “coronavirus” refers to a large group of viruses known to affect birds and mammals, including humans.
text: Coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that can infect both humans and animals.
text: Many viruses that infect humans and animals also have an envelope, something like a cell membrane, around the capsid and genome.
text: Viruses infect the cells of living beings, including humans, and can cause diseases like the common cold or AIDS.
text: The fact that some viruses that infect humans share structural features with viruses that infect bacteria could mean that all of these viruses have a common origin, dating back several billion years.
text: Other herpes viruses that infect humans include Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis and is important in a variety of human cancers, and varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox in children and shingles in adults.
text: Researchers suggest the MERS virus originated in animals (camels) and, like other viruses, mutated to be able to infect humans.