The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human infection.
Alphacoronaviruses were molecularly detected in bats in Saudi Arabia.
Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses.
Betacoronaviruses were molecularly detected in bats in Saudi Arabia.
Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses.
Virus from a bat in Saudi Arabia showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from a human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus case, suggesting possible bat-to-human spillover.
Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses.
A Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus sequence from one bat in Saudi Arabia showed 100% nucleotide identity to the virus from the human index case-patient, indicating a direct genetic relationship between bat and human viruses.
The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient.
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| PMID 23364191 | Coronaviruses in bats from Mexico | Anthony | 2013 |
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| PMID 23041020 | Detection of a novel human coronavirus by real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction | Corman | 2012 |
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| PMID 15681402 | Identification of a novel coronavirus in bats | Poon | 2005 |
| PMID 16195424 In OmniVira | Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. | Li | 2005 |
| PMID 22905160 | A randomized controlled trial of interventions to impede date palm sap contamination by bats to prevent Nipah virus transmission in Bangladesh | Khan | 2012 |
