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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2013) 19(11) 1819-1823
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.131172
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Abstract

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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Memish, Z. A., Mishra, N., Olival, K. J., Fagbo, S. F., Kapoor, V., Epstein, J. H., … Lipkin, W. I. (2013). Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(11), 1819–1823. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.131172

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