Close relative of human middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1697-1699

  Ithete, Ndapewa Laudika ^a   Stoffberg, Samantha ^a   Corman, Victor Max ^b   Cottontail, Veronika M ^c   Richards, Leigh Rosanne ^d   Schoeman, M Corrie ^e   Drosten, Christian ^b   Drexler, Jan Felix ^b   Preiser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BAT; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

BATS; CORONAVIRUS; MERS-COV; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUSES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA REPLICASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84884228611     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1910.130946     Document Type: Letter

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