Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya

Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya

Suxiang Tong, Christina Conrardy, Susan Ruone, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Xiling Guo, Ying Tao, Michael Niezgoda, Lia M Haynes, Bernard Agwanda, Robert F. Breiman, Larry J. Anderson, Charles E. Rupprecht

Diverse coronaviruses have been identified in bats from several continents but not from Africa. We identified group 1 and 2 coronaviruses in bats in Kenya, including SARS-related coronaviruses. The sequence diversity suggests that bats are well-established reservoirs for and likely sources of coronaviruses for many species, including humans.

2009

coronavirus, SARS, bat viruses, pathogen discovery, emerging viral infections, dispatch

DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.081013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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