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Genetic relatedness of the novel human group C betacoronavirus to <i>Tylonycteris</i> bat coronavirus HKU4 and <i>Pipistrellus</i> bat coronavirus HKU5
1 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
The recent outbreak of severe respiratory infections associated with a novel group C betacoronavirus (HCoV-EMC) from Saudi Arabia has drawn global attention to another highly probable "SARS-like" animal-to-human interspecies jumping event in coronavirus (CoV). The genome of HCoV-EMC is most closely related to Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4 (Ty-BatCoV HKU4) and Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5 (Pi-BatCoV HKU5)...
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