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Detection and characterization of diverse alpha- and betacoronaviruses from bats in China.
Virologica Sinica - 1 Feb 2016
Xu Lin, Zhang Fuqiang, Yang Weihong, Jiang Tinglei, Lu Guanjun, He Biao, Li Xingyu, Hu Tingsong, Chen Gang, Feng Yun, Zhang Yuzhen, Fan Quanshui, Feng Jiang, Zhang Hailin, Tu Changchun
Abstract excerpt
Bats have been implicated as important reservoir hosts of alpha- and betacoronaviruses. In this study, diverse coronaviruses (CoVs) were detected in 50 of 951 (positive rate 5.3%) intestinal specimens of eight bat species collected in four provinces and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China by pan-coronavirus RT-PCR screening. Based on 400-nt RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) sequence analysis, eight belonged to...
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