Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Group 1 Coronaviruses in South American Bats

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Carrington, Christine V.F. ; Foster, Jerome E. ; Zhu, Hua Chen ; Zhang, Jin Xia ; Smith, Gavin J.D. ; Thompson, Nadin ; Auguste, Albert J. ; Ramkissoon, Vernie ; Adesiyun, Abiodun A. ; Guan, Yi
• Description:
  Bat coronaviruses (Bt-CoVs) are thought to be the precursors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We detected Bt-CoVs in 2 bat species from Trinidad. Phylogenetic analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene and helicase confirmed them as group 1 coronaviruses.
• Subjects:
  Animals Chiroptera Coronavirus Coronavirus Infections Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny RNA, Viral RNA Replicase Sequence Analysis, DNA Trinidad And Tobago
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(12):1890-1893
• Pubmed ID:
  19046513
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2634629
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Trinidad ; South America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5fde34521f60c205cf3ea541131ce4e76f83cdf5f47f9472a9bd439fa494711d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17321/cdc_17321_DS1.pdf
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