Coronavirus surveillance in wildlife from two Congo basin countries detects RNA of multiple species circulating in bats and rodents.

Coronavirus surveillance in wildlife from two Congo basin countries detects RNA of multiple species circulating in bats and rodents.

Coronaviruses play an important role as pathogens of humans and animals, and the emergence of epidemics like SARS, MERS and COVID-19 is closely linked to zoonotic transmission events primarily from wild animals. Bats have been found to be an important source of coronaviruses with some of them having...

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Main Authors: Charles Kumakamba, Fabien R Niama, Francisca Muyembe, Jean-Vivien Mombouli, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Rock Aime Nina, Ipos Ngay Lukusa, Gerard Bounga, Frida N'Kawa, Cynthia Goma Nkoua, Joseph Atibu Losoma, Prime Mulembakani, Maria Makuwa, Ubald Tamufe, Amethyst Gillis, Matthew LeBreton, Sarah H Olson, Kenneth Cameron, Patricia Reed, Alain Ondzie, Alex Tremeau-Bravard, Brett R Smith, Jasmine Pante, Bradley S Schneider, David J McIver, James A Ayukekbong, Nicole A Hoff, Anne W Rimoin, Anne Laudisoit, Corina Monagin, Tracey Goldstein, Damien O Joly, Karen Saylors, Nathan D Wolfe, Edward M Rubin, Romain Bagamboula MPassi, Jean J Muyembe Tamfum, Christian E Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236971

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