Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans. During the past two decades, coronavirus research has been an expanding field and, since 1980, an international symposium was held every 3 years. We organized the yth symposium for providing an opportunity to assess important progresses made since the last symposium in Cambridge (U. K. ) and to suggest areas for future investigations. The symposium, held in September 1992, in Chantilly, France, was attended by 120 participants representing the majOlity of the...

Coronaviruses represent a major group of viruses of both molecular biological interest and clinical significance in animals and humans. The proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Coronaviruses, held in Chantilly, France, September 1992, provide a comprehensive view of the state of the a