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A Cross Sectional Sampling Reveals Novel Coronaviruses in Bat Populations of Georgia.
Viruses - 31 Dec 2021
Urushadze Lela, Babuadze George, Shi Mang, Escobar Luis E, Mauldin Matthew R, Natradeze Ioseb, Machablishvili Ann, Kutateladze Tamar, Imnadze Paata, Nakazawa Yoshinori, Velasco-Villa Andres
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Mammal-associated coronaviruses have a long evolutionary history across global bat populations, which makes them prone to be the most likely ancestral origins of coronavirus-associated epidemics and pandemics globally. Limited coronavirus research has occurred at the junction of Europe and Asia, thereby investigations in Georgia are critical to complete the coronavirus diversity map in the region. We conducted a...
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