# Genome sequences of human coronavirus NL63 diagnosed in southern France

**Authors:** Houmadi Hikmat, Céline Boschi, Sarah Aherfi, Aurélie Morand, Bernard La Scola, Philippe Colson

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/mra.00841-25 · 2025-12-16

## TL;DR

This paper presents 17 genome sequences of human coronavirus NL63 found in patients in southern France.

## Contribution

The study provides new genome sequences of NL63 coronavirus from southern France and classifies them into subgenotypes.

## Key findings

- Seventeen NL63 genomes were sequenced from respiratory samples in southern France.
- Sixteen genomes belong to subgenotype C2 and one to subgenotype B1.

## Abstract

We report here 17 human coronavirus NL63 genomes from France. They were obtained from residues of respiratory samples collected from patients for diagnostics in southern France, using an in-house multiplex PCR amplification system followed by next-generation sequencing with Illumina technology. Sixteen genomes belong to subgenotype C2 and one to subgenotype B1.

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Gammacoronavirus (genus) [taxon 694013], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12798054