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| Coronavirus species | Discovery year | Cellular receptor |
| HCoV-229E | 1966 | Human aminopeptidase N (CD13) |
| HCoV-OC43 | 1967 | 9-O-acetylated sialic acid |
| SARS-CoV | 2003 | ACE2 |
| HCoV-NL63 | 2004 | ACE2 |
| HCoV-HKU1 | 2005 | 9-O-acetylated sialic acid |
| MERS-CoV | 2012 | DPP4 |
| SARS-CoV-2 | 2019 | ACE2 |
