New Alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata Bats, New Zealand

Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of M. tuberculata bats in pristine indigenous forest on a remote offshore i...

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Main Authors: Hall, Richard J., Wang, Jing, Peacey, Matthew, Moore, Nicole E., McInnes, Kate, Tompkins, Daniel M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3966383/