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Discovery of Bat Coronaviruses through Surveillance and Probe Capture-Based Next-Generation Sequencing.
mSphere - 29 Jan 2020
Li Bei, Si Hao-Rui, Zhu Yan, Yang Xing-Lou, Anderson Danielle E, Shi Zheng-Li, Wang Lin-Fa, Zhou Peng
Abstract excerpt
Coronaviruses (CoVs) of bat origin have caused two pandemics in this century. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV both originated from bats, and it is highly likely that bat coronaviruses will cause future outbreaks. Active surveillance is both urgent and essential to predict and mitigate the emergence of these viruses in humans. Next-generation sequencing...
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