Bats as animal reservoirs for the SARS coronavirus: Hypothesis proved after 10 years of virus hunting

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 315-317

  Wang, Manli ^a   Hu, Zhihong ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2;

BAT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; HUMANS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARS VIRUS;

EID: 84891556376     PISSN: 16740769     EISSN: 1995820X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12250-013-3402-x     Document Type: Note

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