Bats-The Magnificent Virus Player: SARS, MERS, COVID-19 and Beyond

Kenneth S M Li; Susanna K P Lau; Patrick C Y Woo

doi:10.3390/v15122342

Bats-The Magnificent Virus Player: SARS, MERS, COVID-19 and Beyond

Viruses. 2023 Nov 29;15(12):2342. doi: 10.3390/v15122342.

Authors

Kenneth S M Li¹, Susanna K P Lau¹, Patrick C Y Woo^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
² Doctoral Program in Translational Medicine and Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
³ The iEGG and Animal Biotechnology Research Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.

Abstract

Irrespective of whether COVID-19 originated from a natural or a genetically engineered virus, the ultimate source of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is bats [...].

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Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
COVID-19*
Chiroptera*
Humans
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus* / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics

Abstract

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