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Highly diverse population of Picornaviridae and other members of the Picornavirales, in Cameroonian fruit bats.
BMC genomics - 23 Mar 2017
Yinda Claude Kwe, Zell Roland, Deboutte Ward, Zeller Mark, Conceição-Neto Nádia, Heylen Elisabeth, Maes Piet, Knowles Nick J, Ghogomu Stephen Mbigha, Van Ranst Marc, Matthijnssens Jelle
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BACKGROUND: The order Picornavirales represents a diverse group of positive-stranded RNA viruses with small non-enveloped icosahedral virions. Recently, bats have been identified as an important reservoir of several highly pathogenic human viruses. Since many members of the Picornaviridae family cause a wide range of diseases in humans and animals, this study aimed to characterize members of the order...
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