reviewVirusesJan 9, 2019GOLD OA

Bats and Coronaviruses

ABArinjay BanerjeeKKKirsten KulcsarVMVikram MisraMBMatthew B. FriemanKMKaren Mossman

McMaster University · University of Maryland, Baltimore · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Bats are speculated to be reservoirs of several emerging viruses including coronaviruses (CoVs) that cause serious disease in humans and agricultural animals. These include CoVs that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) and severe acute diarrhea syndrome (SADS). Bats that are naturally infected or experimentally infected do not demonstrate clinical signs of disease. These observations have allowed researchers to speculate that bats are the likely reservoirs or ancestral hosts for several CoVs. In this review, we follow the CoV outbreaks that are speculated to have originated in bats. We review studies that have allowed…

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  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Virology
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Biology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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