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Detection and Characterization of New Coronavirus in Bottlenose Dolphin, United States, 2019.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2020
Wang Leyi, Maddox Carol, Terio Karen, Lanka Saraswathi, Fredrickson Richard, Novick Brittany, Parry Celeste, McClain Abby, Ross Kyle
Abstract excerpt
We characterized novel coronaviruses detected in US bottlenose dolphins (BdCoVs) with diarrhea. These viruses are closely related to the other 2 known cetacean coronaviruses, Hong Kong BdCoV and beluga whale CoV. A deletion in the spike gene and insertions in the membrane gene and untranslated regions were found in US BdCoVs (unrelated to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).
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