Alphacoronavirus Detected in Bats in the United Kingdom ...

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This study presents the first record of coronavirus in British bats. Alphacoronavirus strains were detected in two of seven bat species, namely Myotis nattereri and M. daubentonii. Virus prevalence was particularly high in the previously unrecognize...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: August, Tom A., Mathews, Fiona, Nunn, Miles A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2012
Subjects:
bat
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13490884
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13490884
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Summary:(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) This study presents the first record of coronavirus in British bats. Alphacoronavirus strains were detected in two of seven bat species, namely Myotis nattereri and M. daubentonii. Virus prevalence was particularly high in the previously unrecognized host M. nattereri, which can live in close proximity to humans. ...