Close Relative of Human Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bat, South Africa
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- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 19 (10), 1697-1699
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130946
Abstract
Please cite as follows:Ithete, N. L. et al. 2013. Close relative of human Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bat, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis, 19(10):1697-1699, doi:10.3201/eid1910.130946.The original publication is available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/We now report the identification of a South Africa bat derived CoV that has an even closer phylogenetic relationship with MERS-CoV.European Union FP7 projects EMPE- RIE (contract number 223498) and ANTIGONE (contract number 278976); German Research Foundation (DFG grant DR 772/3-1, KA1241/18-1, to C.D.); National Health Laboratory Service Research Trust (to W.P.); South African National Research Foundation (to W.P.)Publishers' VersioKeywords
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