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A persistently infecting coronavirus in hibernating Myotis lucifugus, the North American little brown bat
25 Aug 2017
Abstract excerpt
Bats are important reservoir hosts for emerging viruses, including coronaviruses that cause diseases in people. Although there have been several studies on the pathogenesis of coronaviruses in humans and surrogate animals, there is little information on the interactions of these viruses with their natural bat hosts. We detected a coronavirus in the intestines of 53/174 hibernating little brown bats (Myotis...
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