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Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 28 Oct 2005
Li Wendong, Shi Zhengli, Yu Meng, Ren Wuze, Smith Craig, Epstein Jonathan H, Wang Hanzhong, Crameri Gary, Hu Zhihong, Zhang Huajun, Zhang Jianhong, McEachern Jennifer, Field Hume, Daszak Peter, Eaton Bryan T, Zhang Shuyi, Wang Lin-Fa
Abstract excerpt
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) emerged in 2002 to 2003 in southern China. The origin of its etiological agent, the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV), remains elusive. Here we report that species of bats are a natural host of coronaviruses closely related to those responsible for the SARS outbreak. These viruses, termed SARS-like coronaviruses (SL-CoVs), display greater genetic variation than SARS-CoV isolated...
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