📄 Coronavirus antibodies in African bat species

Asian bats have been identified as potential reservoir hosts of coronaviruses associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). We detected antibody reactive with SARS-CoV antigen in 47 (6.7%) of 705 bat serum specimens comprising 26 species collected in Africa; thus, African bats may harbor agents related to putative group 4 CoV.

keywords 🔗 severe acute (1373) 🔗 respiratory syndrome (2004) 🔗 acute respiratory (1734)

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