Diverse coronaviruses have been identified in bats from several continents but not from Africa. We identified group 1 and 2 coronaviruses in bats in Kenya, including SARS-related coronaviruses. The sequence diversity suggests that bats are well-established reservoirs for and likely sources of coronaviruses for many species, including humans.
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Tong, S., Conrardy, C., Ruone, S., Kuzmin, I. V., Guo, X., Tao, Y., … Rupprecht, C. E. (2009). Detection of novel SARS-like and other coronaviruses in bats from Kenya. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(3), 482–485. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.081013
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