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. 2008 Dec;12(6):466-8.
doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000600003.

A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

Paulo Eduardo Brandão  1 , Karin Scheffer, Laura Yaneth Villarreal, Samira Achkar, Rafael de Novaes Oliveira, Willian de Oliveira Fahl, Juliana Galera Castilho, Ivanete Kotait, Leonardo José Richtzenhain
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A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

Paulo Eduardo Brandão et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2008 Dec.

Abstract

This article reports on the identification of a group 2 coronavirus (BatCoV DR/2007) in a Desmodus rotundus vampire bat in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of ORF1b revealed that BatCoV DR/2007 originates from a unique lineage in the archetypical group 2 coronaviruses, as described for bat species elsewhere with putative importance in Public Health.

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