Group C betacoronavirus in bat guano fertilizer, Thailand

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1349-1351

  Wacharapluesadee, Supaporn ^a   Sintunawa, Chirapol ^b   Kaewpom, Thongchai ^a   Khongnomnan, Kritsada ^a   Olival, Kevin J ^c   Epstein, Jonathan H ^c   Rodpan, Apaporn ^a   Sangsri, Paiboon ^d   Intarut, Nirun ^a   Chindamporn, Ariya ^a   Suksawa, Kanyarat ^a   Hemachudha, Thiravat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

BAT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; LETTER; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BAT GUANO FERTILIZER; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; INSECTIVOROUS BAT; THAILAND; VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRIDAE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; FERTILIZERS; GENES, VIRAL; HISTOPLASMA; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 84880729547     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1908.130119     Document Type: Letter

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