Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

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

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

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By Memish, Ziad A. ; Mishra, Nischay ; Olival, Kevin J. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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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
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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.
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Animals Chiroptera Coronavirus Coronavirus Infections Genes, Viral Geography Humans Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Respiratory Tract Infections
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(11):1819-1823.
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Journal Article
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Saudi Arabia
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19
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11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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