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Molecular diversity of coronaviruses in bats.
Virology - 20 Jul 2006
Woo Patrick C Y, Lau Susanna K P, Li Kenneth S M, Poon Rosana W S, Wong Beatrice H L, Tsoi Hoi-wah, Yip Bethanie C K, Huang Yi, Chan Kwok-hung, Yuen Kwok-yung
Abstract excerpt
The existence of coronaviruses in bats is unknown until the recent discovery of bat-SARS-CoV in Chinese horseshoe bats and a novel group 1 coronavirus in other bat species. Among 309 bats of 13 species captured from 20 different locations in rural areas of Hong Kong over a 16-month period, coronaviruses were amplified from anal swabs of 37 (12%) bats by RT-PCR. Phylogenetic analysis of...
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