Detection and Characterization of New Coronavirus in Bottlenose Dolphin, United States, 2019
subject: coronavirus, Viruses, zoonoses, genetic characterization, detection, bottlenose dolphin
description: We characterized novel coronaviruses detected in US bottlenose dolphins (BdCoVs) with diarrhea. These viruses are closely related to the other 2 known cetacean coronaviruses, Hong Kong BdCoV and beluga whale CoV. A deletion in the spike gene and insertions in the membrane gene and untranslated regions were found in US BdCoVs (unrelated to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).
creator: Leyi Wang, Carol Maddox, Karen Terio, Saraswathi Lanka, Richard Fredrickson, Brittany Novick, Celeste Parry, Abby McClain, Kyle Ross
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2020
coverage: Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases