Detection of coronaviruses in bats of various species in Italy

Viruses

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2679-2689

  Lelli, Davide ^a   Papetti, Alice ^a   Sabelli, Cristiano ^b   Rosti, Enrica ^c   Moreno, Ana ^a   Boniotti, Maria B ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b IZO SpA   (Italy)

^c Centro Fauna Selvatica 'Il Pettirosso'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bats; Coronavirus; Italy; Molecular characterization; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ALPHACORONAVIRUS; ARTICLE; BAT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CARCASS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPSUGO SAVII; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PHYLOGENY; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLII; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRUS; FECES; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84887338067     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v5112679     Document Type: Article

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