Close relative of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Oct;19(10):1697-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1910.130946.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bats; Coronavirus; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; South Africa; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Chiroptera / virology*
  • Coronavirus / genetics*
  • Coronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Molecular Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • South Africa
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / genetics

Substances

  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
  • RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase