No evidence of coronavirus infection by reverse transcriptase-PCR in bats in Belgium
No coronavirus was detected by PCR in lung and intestine samples of 100 bats, mostly common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), collected dead between 2008 and 2013 for rabies surveillance in Belgium. The negative results contrast with the high prevalence of coronaviruses detected in fecal pel...
Published in: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5863161 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5863161 https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-10-269 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5863161/file/5863184 |
Summary: | No coronavirus was detected by PCR in lung and intestine samples of 100 bats, mostly common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), collected dead between 2008 and 2013 for rabies surveillance in Belgium. The negative results contrast with the high prevalence of coronaviruses detected in fecal pellets from live-captured bats in some European countries. |
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