Coronaviruses in South African bats

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 516-519

  Geldenhuys, Marike ^a   Weyer, Jacqueline ^a,b   Nel, Louis H ^a   Markotter, Wanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alphacoronavirus; Bat; Coronavirus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CORONAVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES; VIRUS DETECTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879901565     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1101     Document Type: Article

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