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Genetic Characteristics of Coronaviruses from Korean Bats in 2016.
Microbial ecology - 1 Jan 2018
Lee Saemi, Jo Seong-Deok, Son Kidong, An Injung, Jeong Jipseol, Wang Seung-Jun, Kim Yongkwan, Jheong Weonhwa, Oem Jae-Ku
Abstract excerpt
Bats have increasingly been recognized as the natural reservoir of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), coronavirus, and other coronaviruses found in mammals. However, little research has been conducted on bat coronaviruses in South Korea. In this study, bat samples (332 oral swabs, 245 fecal samples, 38 urine samples, and 57 bat carcasses) were collected at 33 natural bat habitat sites in South Korea....
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