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Bat coronavirus phylogeography in the Western Indian Ocean.
Scientific reports - 23 Apr 2020
Joffrin Léa, Goodman Steven M, Wilkinson David A, Ramasindrazana Beza, Lagadec Erwan, Gomard Yann, Le Minter Gildas, Dos Santos Andréa, Corrie Schoeman M, Sookhareea Rajendraprasad, Tortosa Pablo, Julienne Simon, Gudo Eduardo S, Mavingui Patrick, Lebarbenchon Camille
Abstract excerpt
Bats provide key ecosystem services such as crop pest regulation, pollination, seed dispersal, and soil fertilization. Bats are also major hosts for biological agents responsible for zoonoses, such as coronaviruses (CoVs). The islands of the Western Indian Ocean are identified as a major biodiversity hotspot, with more than 50 bat species. In this study, we tested 1,013 bats belonging to 36 species from...
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