Medicine
8 years ago

Bats Identified as Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses, Raising Concerns.

Science
Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses
Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, Wuze Ren, Craig Smith, Jonathan H. Epstein, Sheng Wang, Gary Crameri, Zhìhóng Hú, Huajun Zhang, Jianhong Zhang, Jennifer A. McEachern, Hume Field, Peter Daszak, Bryan T. Eaton, Shuyi Zhang, Lin‐Fa Wang

Paper Summary

Bats carry coronaviruses similar to the one that caused the SARS outbreak in 2002. These viruses have more genetic diversity than the one found in humans or civets. The SARS virus is actually part of this group of coronaviruses found in bats.

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