Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2009 Feb 26

PMID 19239771

Citations 128

Authors

Suxiang Tong

Christina Conrardy

Susan Ruone

Ivan V Kuzmin

Xiling Guo

Ying Tao

Michael Niezgoda

Lia Haynes

Bernard Agwanda

Robert F Breiman

Larry J Anderson

Charles E Rupprecht

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Abstract

Diverse coronaviruses have been identified in bats from several continents but not from Africa. We identified group 1 and 2 coronaviruses in bats in Kenya, including SARS-related coronaviruses. The sequence diversity suggests that bats are well-established reservoirs for and likely sources of coronaviruses for many species, including humans.

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