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Overview of Bat and Wildlife Coronavirus Surveillance in Africa: A Framework for Global Investigations.
Viruses - 18 May 2021
Geldenhuys Marike, Mortlock Marinda, Epstein Jonathan H, Pawęska Janusz T, Weyer Jacqueline, Markotter Wanda
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The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating health and socio-economic impacts. Human activities, especially at the wildlife interphase, are at the core of forces driving the emergence of new viral agents. Global surveillance activities have identified bats as the natural hosts of diverse coronaviruses, with other domestic and wildlife animal species possibly acting as intermediate...
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