Metagenomic identification of a new sarbecovirus from horseshoe bats in Europe
Abstract The source of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown, but the natural host of the progenitor sarbecovirus is thought to be Asian horseshoe (rhinolophid) bats. We identified and sequenced a novel sarbecovirus (RhGB01) from a British horseshoe bat, at the western extreme of the rhinolophid range. O...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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