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Distant Relatives of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Close Relatives of Human Coronavirus 229E in Bats, Ghana
We tested 12 bat species in Ghana for coronavirus (CoV) RNA. The virus prevalence in insectivorous bats (n = 123) was 9.76%. CoV was not detected in 212 fecal samples from Eidolon helvum fruit bats. Leaf-nosed bats pertaining to Hipposideros ruber by morphology had group 1 and group 2 CoVs. Virus co...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788804 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090224 |