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December 1, 2008Emerging infectious diseases87 citationsOpen Access

Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Group 1 Coronaviruses in South American Bats

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CCChristine V. F. CarringtonJFJ. E. FosterHZHuachen Zhu

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Bat coronaviruses (Bt-CoVs) are thought to be the precursors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We detected Bt-CoVs in 2 bat species from Trinidad. Phylogenetic analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene and helicase confirmed them as group 1 coronaviruses.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1caa2c80c583248385ba29https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1412.080642
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