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Metagenomic identification of a new sarbecovirus from horseshoe bats in Europe

The source of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown, but the natural host of the progenitor sarbecovirus is thought to be Asian horseshoe (rhinolophid) bats. We identified and sequenced a novel sarbecovirus (RhGB01) from a British horseshoe bat, at the western extreme of the rhinolophid range. Our result...

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Autores principales: Crook, Jack M., Murphy, Ivana, Carter, Daniel P., Pullan, Steven T., Carroll, Miles, Vipond, Richard, Cunningham, Andrew A., Bell, Diana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8289822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34282196
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94011-z