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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.131172
Personal Author:
Memish, Ziad A. ; Mishra, Nischay ; Olival, Kevin J. ; Fagbo, Shamsudeen F. ; Kapoor, Vishal ; ... More +
Memish, Ziad A. ; Mishra, Nischay ; Olival, Kevin J. ; Fagbo, Shamsudeen F. ; Kapoor, Vishal ; Epstein, Jonathan H. ; AlHakeem, Rafat ; Durosinloun, Abdulkareem ; Al Asmari, Mushabab ; Islam, Ariful ; Kapoor, Amit ; Briese, Thomas ; Daszak, Peter ; Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A. ; Lipkin, W. Ian Less -
Description:
The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human infection.
Subject:
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Animals
Chiroptera
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Genes, Viral
Geography
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Respiratory Tract Infections

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 19(11):1819-1823.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Saudi Arabia
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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