Close Relative of Human Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bat, South Africa
Date
2013-10
Authors
Ithete, Ndapewa Laudika
Stoffberg, Samantha
Corman, Victor Max
Cottontail, Veronika M.
Richards, Leigh Rosanne
Schoeman, M. Corrie
Drosten, Christian
Drexler, Jan Felix
Preiser, Wolfgang
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Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
We now report the identification of a South Africa bat derived CoV that has an even closer phylogenetic relationship with MERS-CoV.
Description
Please cite as follows:
Ithete, N. L. et al. 2013. Close relative of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis, 19(10):1697-1699, doi:10.3201/eid1910.130946.
The original publication is available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
Ithete, N. L. et al. 2013. Close relative of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis, 19(10):1697-1699, doi:10.3201/eid1910.130946.
The original publication is available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/
Keywords
coronavirus, Middle East respiratory syndrome, MERS, bat, South Africa
Citation
Ithete, N. L. et al. 2013. Close relative of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis, 19(10):1697-1699, doi:10.3201/eid1910.130946.