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Bat-Origin Coronaviruses Expand Their Host Range to Pigs
Infections with bat-origin coronaviruses have caused severe illness in humans by ‘host jump’. Recently, novel bat-origin coronaviruses were found in pigs. The large number of mutations on the receptor-binding domain allowed the viruses to infect the new host, posing a potential threat to both agricu...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7119057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29680361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2018.03.001 |