Further Evidence for Bats as the Evolutionary Source of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Further Evidence for Bats as the Evolutionary Source of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

ABSTRACT The evolutionary origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are unknown. Current evidence suggests that insectivorous bats are likely to be the original source, as several 2c CoVs have been described from various species in the family Vespertilionidae. Here, w...

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Main Authors: S. J. Anthony, K. Gilardi, V. D. Menachery, T. Goldstein, B. Ssebide, R. Mbabazi, I. Navarrete-Macias, E. Liang, H. Wells, A. Hicks, A. Petrosov, D. K. Byarugaba, K. Debbink, K. H. Dinnon, T. Scobey, S. H. Randell, B. L. Yount, M. Cranfield, C. K. Johnson, R. S. Baric, W. I. Lipkin, J. A. K. Mazet
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
Subjects:
bat
MERS coronavirus
spike
Uganda
zoonoses
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/931f35c9c32a4ca38e5bc6819a478d09
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