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Coronavirus antibodies in African bat species
Marcel A Müller1, Janusz T Paweska, Patricia A Leman
1Robert Koch-Institut, Center for Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany. mueller.m.a@gmx.de
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|February 7, 2008
Abstract:
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.
