Coronaviruses were discovered in the 1930s when an acute respiratory infection of domestic chickens was found to cause infectious bronchitis virus (IBV).
Virusi vya korona viligunduliwa kwa mara ya kwanza miaka ya 1930 wakati maambukizo kali yanayohusiana na upumuaji katika kuku wa nyumbani ulionekana kusababishwa na virusi vya kuambukiza vya mkamba.