Alphacoronavirus detected in bats in the United Kingdom

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 530-533

  August, Tom A ^a,b   Mathews, Fiona ^a,b   Nunn, Miles A ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Disease; DNA sequence; Epidemiology; Phylogeny; RT PCR; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; United Kingdom; Virus; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ALPHACORONAVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; GAMMACORONAVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOTIS DAUBENTONII; MYOTIS NATTERERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84862181638     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0829     Document Type: Article

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