MERS-related betacoronavirus in Vespertilio superans bats, China

Li Yang; Zhiqiang Wu; Xianwen Ren; Fan Yang; Junpeng Zhang; Guimei He; Jie Dong; Lilian Sun; Yafang Zhu; Shuyi Zhang; Qi Jin

doi:10.3201/eid2007.140318

MERS-related betacoronavirus in Vespertilio superans bats, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jul;20(7):1260-2. doi: 10.3201/eid2007.140318.

Authors

Li Yang, Zhiqiang Wu, Xianwen Ren, Fan Yang, Junpeng Zhang, Guimei He, Jie Dong, Lilian Sun, Yafang Zhu, Shuyi Zhang, Qi Jin

No abstract available

Keywords: China; MERS-CoV; MERS–related betacoronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus–related betacoronavirus; Vespertilio superans; bat; betacoronaviruses; coronavirus; lineage; lineage C betacoronavirus; reservoir; sequencing; viruses.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Chiroptera / virology*
Coronavirus / genetics*
Coronavirus Infections / veterinary
Coronavirus Infections / virology*
Genome, Viral / genetics
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
Phylogeny