Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia
By Z. Memish, N. Mishra, K. Olival, S. Fagbo, V. Kapoor, J. Epstein, R. Alhakeem, A. Durosinloun, Mushabab Al Asmari, A. Islam and 5 more. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
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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.
Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation
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